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wildfire
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Wildfire \Wild"fire\, n.
1. A composition of inflammable materials, which, kindled, is
very hard to quench; Greek fire.
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Brimstone, pitch, wildfire . . . burn cruelly, and
hard to quench. --Bacon.
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2. (Med.)
(a) An old name for erysipelas.
(b) A disease of sheep, attended with inflammation of the
skin.
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3. A sort of lightning unaccompanied by thunder. [R.]
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