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Definition of Fire-on-the-mountain

1. Noun. Poinsettia of United States and eastern Mexico; often confused with Euphorbia heterophylla.

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Literary usage of Fire-on-the-mountain

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of American Folk-lore by American Folklore Society (1920)
"Fire on the mountain, run, boys, run! Fire on the mountain, run, boys, run! Fire on the mountain, run, boys, run! Hey, jim along, jim along, Josie! ..."

2. The Brigand: A Story of the Time of Charles the Fifth; And, The Horoscope, a by Alexandre Dumas (1897)
"... X. THE FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN. THE brigand, the gypsy, and the goat had gone some five hundred yards in that direction, when the goat suddenly stopped, ..."

3. The Russo-Japanese War: Reports from British Officers Attached to the by Great Britain War Office. General Staff, Great Britain War Office (1908)
"... the rocky mountain T at 11.15 am At 11.30 am the Russian artillery again opened a rapid fire on the mountain artillery position, but nobody was there. ..."

4. Two Wars: an Autobiography of General Samuel G. French ...: Mexican War; War by Samuel Gibbs French (1901)
"They have now about forty guns in front of me, and when they concentrate their fire on the mountain at any one point it is pretty severe, but, ..."

5. Yule-tide Stories: A Collection of Scandinavian and North German Popular by Benjamin Thorpe (1853)
"The king's daughter did as she was desired, gathered moss, twigs, and dry wood, and kindled a fire on the mountain's brow. When she had done this the old ..."

6. The Encyclopedia Americanaedited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1904)
"... but the long continuance of the artillery-fire on the mountain, and some cheering in Pegram's camp, impressed him that it had gone badly with Rosecrans, ..."

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