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From scare + fire. In some senses, alteration of scathefire.
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scarefire
Today it means: A fire causing alarm, i.e. a house-burning; conflagration; scathefire. Full definition →
Today it means: A fire causing alarm, i.e. a house-burning; conflagration; scathefire. Full definition →
From scare + fire. In some senses, alteration of scathefire.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.