Pyre : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Pyre	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Pyre
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pyre n wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite [syn: pyre, funeral pyre]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pyre \Pyre\, n. [L. pure, Gr. [?], fr. [?] fire. See {Fire}.] A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which the dead are burned; hence, any pile to be burnt. For nine long nights, through all the dusky air, The pyres thick flaming shot a dismal glare. --Pope.