BONFIRE
NOUNS
1000 ► BALE a bonfire; a blazing pile; a great consuming fire; a conflagration → obs.
1788 ► TANDLE → TANLE a bonfire; esp. one made at certain seasons in the year, as on May Day, Midsummer Eve, or the first of November → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1800 ► BALE-FIRE a bonfire; any great fire
1802 ► TAWNLE a bonfire; any large fire → Sc.
1805 ► NEED-FIRE a bonfire; a beacon
1825 ► BLIZZY a bonfire; a blaze, a blazing fire → Eng. dial.
1898 ► BONNER a bonfire → Eng. university usage
1898 ► BALE-BLEEZE → BALLY-BLEEZE a bonfire → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 ► BALTIORUM the boisterous merrymaking which often accompanies a bonfire → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1911 ► BELLA a bonfire → Sc. (Bk.)
1940 ► EASTER FIRE a bonfire → Amer. dial.
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