Boutefeu

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Boutefeu \Boute"feu\, n. [F.; bouter to thrust, put + feu fire.]
     An incendiary; an inciter of quarrels. [Obs.]
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           Animated by . . . John [`a] Chamber, a very boutefeu, .
           . . they entered into open rebellion.    --Bacon.


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