Usually means: Traditional fire ritual for purification.
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  1. needfire: Merriam-Webster
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  4. needfire: Wiktionary
  5. needfire: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. needfire: Dictionary.com
  7. Needfire: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

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▸ noun:  Alternative form of need-fire [(paganism) A ritual fire created by friction.]

Similar:
grass fire, spit-fire, fire-devil, fire-fight, fire-breather, fire-storm, fire-whirl, fire eater, fire storm, firegrate, more...

Opposite:
needless fire, unnecessary fire, superfluous fire

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Similar:
grass fire, spit-fire, fire-devil, fire-fight, fire-breather, fire-storm, fire-whirl, fire eater, fire storm, firegrate, more...

Opposite:
needless fire, unnecessary fire, superfluous fire



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