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Definition of Signal fire
1. Noun. A fire set as a signal.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Signal Fire
Literary usage of Signal fire
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Central Asia and Tibet by Sven Anders Hedin (1903)
"... signal-fire, and succeeded in getting home in time, although completely tired
out by our seventeen miles tramp. It was not, however, ..."
2. Red Cloud, the Solitary Sioux: A Story of the Great Prairie by William Francis Butler (1882)
"... We separate—Red Cloud is seen far out on the plains—Rival tactics—Scent versus
sight—A captured scout—The edge of the hills again—The signal fire. ..."
3. The Life and Opinions of Major-General Sir Charles Metcalfe MacGregor by Charles Metcalfe MacGregor (1888)
"... SHERPUR INVESTED HOT WORK MAJOR GREEN'S MARCH THE SIGNAL-FIRE A GLOOMY LOOK-OUT
DAUD SHAH THREE VICTORIA CROSSES MESSAGE FROM THE QUEEN JALALABAD AFFAIR ..."
4. Central Asia and Tibet by Sven Anders Hedin (1903)
"... signal-fire, and succeeded in getting home in time, although completely tired
out by our seventeen miles tramp. It was not, however, ..."
5. Red Cloud, the Solitary Sioux: A Story of the Great Prairie by William Francis Butler (1882)
"... We separate—Red Cloud is seen far out on the plains—Rival tactics—Scent versus
sight—A captured scout—The edge of the hills again—The signal fire. ..."
6. The Life and Opinions of Major-General Sir Charles Metcalfe MacGregor by Charles Metcalfe MacGregor (1888)
"... SHERPUR INVESTED HOT WORK MAJOR GREEN'S MARCH THE SIGNAL-FIRE A GLOOMY LOOK-OUT
DAUD SHAH THREE VICTORIA CROSSES MESSAGE FROM THE QUEEN JALALABAD AFFAIR ..."
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