fae

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noun a device consisting of a container of fuel and two explosive charges; the first charge bursts open the fuel container at a predetermined height and spreads the fuel in a cloud that mixes with atmospheric oxygen; the second charge detonates the cloud which creates an enormous blast wave and incinerates whatever is below

From Old French fae, from Medieval Latin fāda. The use of the pronoun appears c. 2013.

"I want naething fae you, Thady, but to put thon wean back in her cradle," replied the spectre, in a tone of scorn. — Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry, Unknown
"And O an it be England's Queen, She's welcome here the day; I'd rather hae her for a friend Than for a deadly fae. — The Book of Ballads: Eleventh Edition, 1870, Theodore, Sir Martin

fuel-air explosive

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