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wildfire (n.)
Old form(s):
wild fire , Wild-fire
flaming gunpowder; also: will o' the wisp; type of eruptive disease
1H4 III.iii.39
[Falstaff to Bardolph, of Bardolph's face] a ball of wildfire
Luc.1523
[of Sinon] Whose words like wildfire burnt the shining glory / Of rich-built Ilion