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fiery cross

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fiery cross
n
1. a burning cross, used as a symbol by the Ku Klux Klan
2. (Historical Terms) a wooden cross with ends charred or dipped in blood formerly used by Scottish Highlanders to summon the clans to battle


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We can hardly swallow Lawyer Smith's seven miles; but could the blowing of the stone have been a summons, a sort of sending the fiery cross round the neighbourhood in the old times?
 
 
 
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