| Flare (flare) |
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| v. i. | (?) |
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| Flare |
| [imp. *** p.
p. Flared (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Flaring.] [Cf. Norw. flara to blaze, flame, adorn with
tinsel, dial. Sw. flasa upp, and E. flash, or
flacker.] |
To burn with an unsteady or
waving flame] as, the candle flares.
To shine out with a sudden and unsteady
light; to emit a dazzling or painfully bright light.
To shine out with gaudy colors; to flaunt;
to be offensively bright or showy.
To be exposed to too much light.
To open or spread outwards; to project
beyond the perpendicular; as, the sides of a bowl flare; the
bows of a ship flare.
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An
unsteady, broad, offensive light.
A spreading outward; as, the flare
of a fireplace.
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A defect
in a photographic objective such that an image of the stop, or
diaphragm, appears as a fogged spot in the center of the developed
negative.
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