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Beacon fire   /bˈikən fˈaɪər/   Listen
Beacon fire

noun
1.
A fire (usually on a hill or tower) that can be seen from a distance.  Synonym: beacon.





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"Beacon fire" Quotes from Famous Books



... this dangerous journey was to signal to Bruce if it was safe for him to return by lighting a beacon fire on the headland that was most visible from the Island of Arran where Bruce was then hiding. If Bruce saw the fire on the following night he and his followers were to embark at once for Scotland. There they would be met by friends ...
— A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines - A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D. • Clayton Edwards


Words linked to "Beacon fire" :   signal light, beacon, visual signal, signal fire


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