firelight

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firelight

/ˈfaɪə.laɪt/ UK
/ˈfaɪɚ.laɪt/ US

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From Middle English fire liȝt, fyre lyghte, from Old English fȳrlēoht, equivalent to fire + light.

noun firelights

countable, uncountable The light of a fire, such as from a campfire or fireplace. He sat on by the cheerful firelight thrown from a bundle of green ash-sticks laid across the dogs; the sticks snapped pleasantly, and hissed out bubbles of sap from their ends.

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@misc{firelight_2026,
  title = {firelight},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/firelight},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}