burnfire

== English == === Etymology === An alteration (due to its association with burn) of Early Modern English boonfire, bondfire, bounfire (“bonfire”). More at bonfire. === Noun === burnfire (plural burnfires) (nonstandard) A bonfire. 1887, New York (State). Secretary's Office, Frederick Cook, Journals of the military expedition of Major General John Sullivan: […] the town of Owegea was made a burnfire of to Grace our Meating[sic] our General Course from Tiago to Choconant […]