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Webster 1913 Edition
Pyre
Pyre
,Noun.
[L.
pure
, Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] fire. See Fire
.] A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which the dead are burned; hence, any pile to be burnt.
For nine long nights, through all the dusky air,
The
The
pyres
thick flaming shot a dismal glare. Pope.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pyre
PYRE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
pyre
pyre
English
Noun
pyre (plural pyres)
- A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which corpses are burned.
- For nine long nights, through all the dusky air, The pyres thick flaming shot a dismal glare. - Homer Iliad, p. 31
- Any heap or pile of combustibles.
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Translations
a funeral pile
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