wildfire

wildfire is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.(Med.) (a) An old name for erysipelas. (b) A disease of sheep, attended with inflammation of the skin.
  2. 2.A sort of lightning unaccompanied by thunder. [R.]

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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