?A kind of oak. …

Ardently, fervently. …

St. Anthony's fire, erysipelas. [See also fīr n., sense 11.] …

(a) On fire, in flames, afire: ben afir, be on fire; (b) fallen afir, worthen afir, catch fire, go up in flames; (c) setten afir, set on fire, put to the torch. …

(a) Made of fir wood; (b) firene-wriȝt, a craftsman who works in fir wood. …

(a) Raging fire; a conflagration; a bonfire [quot. c1440 Perceval]; also, flames breathed out by a dragon [quot. c1440 Morte Arth.] (b) a highly combustible and not easily extinguished substance used……

Farthest (in time), at the latest. …

(a) To kindle (a fire, a beacon); set (something) on fire, burn up; (b) to put to the torch, reduce to ashes; (c) to burn. …

The time of day [8 or 9 o'clock in the evening], announced by the ringing of a bell, when fires in the houses are to be covered or extinguished and the inhabitants must retire from public places……