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▪ I. † reˈflair, n. Obs.
Also 4, 6 -flayr.
[prob. a. OF. or AF. *reflair, f. re- re- + flair flair n.1]
Odour, scent, redolence.
13..E.E. Allit. P. A. 46 Ȝif hit was semly on to sene, A fayr reflayr ȝet fro hit flot. c1400Mandeville (Roxb.) xviii. 84 Þe water þeroff has a swete sauour and reflaire. a1529Skelton P. Sparowe 524 To make a fumigation, Swete of reflayr And redolent of ayre.
▪ II. † reˈflair, v. Obs.
Forms: 5–6 reflar-, 6 -flayre, -fleyre, -flere.
[Cf. prec. and F. flairer to smell.]
1. intr. To arise or issue; to distil.
c1440York Myst. xli. 367 The odour of thy goodnes reflars to vs all. 1509Hawes Past. Pleas. xiv. (Percy Soc.) 53 Morall Gower, whose sentencious dewe Adowne reflayreth with fayre golden bemes.
2. trans. To emit, send forth, give out, shed.
1509Hawes Past. Pleas. xi. (Percy Soc.) 42 O clere fountayne replete wyth swetenes, Reflerynge out the dulcet delicacy Of iiii. ryvers. Ibid. xx. 96 Habundant teres theyr hertes do refleyre.
Hence † reˈflairing ppl. a., redolent. Obs.
1523Skelton Garl. Laurel 977 My mayden Isabell, Reflaring rosabell, The flagrant camamell. |