- A composition of inflammable materials, which, kindled,
is very hard to quench; Greek fire. - An old name for erysipelas. - A disease of sheep, attended with inflammation of the
skin. - A sort of lightning unaccompanied by thunder.
- Attracting the humors to the skin; exciting action in
the skin; blistering. - An external application to the skin, which produces a
puriform or serous discharge by exciting inflammation; a vesicatory.
- St. Anthony's fire; a febrile disease accompanied with
a diffused inflammation of the skin, which, starting usually from a
single point, spreads gradually over its surface. It is usually
regarded as contagious, and often occurs epidemically.