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Definition of Greek fire

Greek fire
Greek Greek, a. [AS. grec, L. Graecus, Gr. ?: cf. F. grec. Cf. Grecian.] Of or pertaining to Greece or the Greeks; Grecian. Greek calends. See under Calends. Greek Church (Eccl. Hist.), the Eastern Church; that part of Christendom which separated from the Roman or Western Church in the ninth century. It comprises the great bulk of the Christian population of Russia (of which this is the established church), Greece, Moldavia, and Wallachia. The Greek Church is governed by patriarchs and is called also the Byzantine Church. Greek cross. See Illust. (10) Of Cross. Greek Empire. See Byzantine Empire. Greek fire, a combustible composition which burns under water, the constituents of which are supposed to be asphalt, with niter and sulphur. --Ure. Greek rose, the flower campion.

Meaning of Greek fire from wikipedia

- Gr**** fire was an incendiary weapon system used by the Byzantine Empire from the seventh to the fourteenth centuries. The recipe for Gr**** fire was a...
- Gr**** forest fires 2009 Gr**** forest fires 2012 Chios Forest Fire 2018 Attica wildfires 2021 Greece wildfires 2023 Greece wildfires 2024 Gr**** wildfires...
- Gr**** Fire is an American rock band from St. Louis, Missouri. The band was formed in 2008 by members of Story of the Year and Maybe Today. Since formation...
- Gr**** forest fires may refer to: 2007 Gr**** forest fires 2009 Gr**** forest fires 2012 Chios Forest Fire Gr**** fires (disambiguation) This disambiguation...
- of smoke. Greece portal List of wildfires 2007 Gr**** forest fires 2009 Gr**** forest fires 2009 Mediterranean wildfires 2012 Chios Forest Fire 2018 Attica...
- This is a list of deities in fire worship. Nyambe, god of the sun, fire and change Nzambia, NZambi, Zambia a Kikongo Mpungu|Nzambi Mpungu, 1st half or...
- utilised as army strategy. Incendiary mixtures, such as the petroleum-based Gr**** fire, could be launched by throwing machines or administered through a siphon...
- and fight fires more quickly. Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2018 fires in Greece. 2007 Gr**** forest fires 2009 Gr**** forest fires 2012 Chios...
- warfare. The Byzantine fleet used Gr**** fire to attack ships and men. The invention of gunpowder in China led to the fire lance, a flame-thrower weapon dating...
- Battle of Cape Bon (468). The invention of Gr**** fire in 673 increased the use of fire ships, at first by the Gr****s and afterward by other nations as they...