Definition of Signal fire

1. Noun. A fire set as a signal.

Exact synonyms: Signal Light
Generic synonyms: Beacon, Beacon Fire

Lexicographical Neighbors of Signal Fire

signable
signage
signages
signal
signal-to-noise
signal-to-noise ratio
signal-to-noise ratios
signal/noise
signal/noise ratio
signal box
signal boxes
signal caller
signal crayfish
signal detection
signal detection (psychology)
signal fire (current term)
signal flag
signal level
signal light
signal node
signal peptidase
signal peptidase complex
signal peptide
signal peptide p25-subunit IV cytochrome oxidase
signal peptides
signal phrase
signal phrases
signal power
signal recognition particle
signal recognition particle receptor

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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