Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Phosphorescence from decayed straw, etc., or touchwood.
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Examples
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Somo because Nalasu was dead, and the terrible shell-fire passed quickly into the past of his consciousness, while the present became vivid after the way of the present.
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Jerry, who had never heard shell-fire, much less imagined what it was like, was impressed with the awfulness of it.
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The shell-fire had been too terrible, and they had preferred the prison of Molokai.
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But it was given to him to know shell-fire before he died.
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He had had no experience with shell-fire, and this was more dreadful than anything he had imagined.
Koolau the Leper 2010
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The shell-fire still continued, but he remained; for far below he could see the soldiers climbing up.
Koolau the Leper 2010
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Videos distributed by human rights activists show black smoke over the city center and fires burning as shell-fire crackled in the background.
Syrian Tanks Roll Into Cities as Security Crackdown Kills At Least 20 2011
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Videos distributed by human rights activists show black smoke over the city center and fires burning as shell-fire crackled in the background.
Syrian Tanks Roll Into Cities as Security Crackdown Kills At Least 20 2011
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Bullets from rifles would not have worried him, but this shell-fire was abominable.
Koolau the Leper 2010
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I ain't hell-bent nowhere exceptin 'to get away from the shell-fire.
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