Lightning; a flash of lightning; a thunderbolt. See also electric fire, n. 1, heaven's fire at phrases 4c(a), flag of fire at flag, n.6 Now rare.
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释义 | the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [noun] > lightning (68) fireOE Lightning; a flash of lightning; a thunderbolt. See also electric fire, n. 1, heaven's fire at phrases 4c(a), flag of fire at flag, n.6 Now rare. lightinglOE Lightning; †a flash of lightning (obsolete). Now English regional (Essex, Suffolk, and Sussex). levininga1300 Lightning. Also, the bright flashing of any light. lightningc1300 The sudden, momentary bright light produced naturally by a high-voltage electrical discharge in the atmosphere, typically accompanied by thunder… lightc1325 A source of illumination. Lightning. Cf. light-bolt n. at compounds 3 lait, n.1 thunderlight, n. Obsolete. thunderlightc1374 Light of thunder, lightning. firelighta1400 Lightning; a flash of lightning. Obsolete. laitinga1400 Lightning. lighten?a1425 Lightning. Also: a flash of lightning. Jove's or God's branda1522 transferred and figurative. Jove'sor God's brand: the lightning. Phoebus' brand: the burning rays of the sun. With a blending of the sense ‘weapon’… fulgur1563 Lightning; a flash of lightning. Also figurative. thunder-shot1606 thunderbolts collectively; lightning. whirl-fire1606 a poetic or rhetorical name for lightning (? as associated with violent storms or whirlwinds). Subcategories:— action of (1) — sheet lightning (4) — bead or forked lightning (50) |
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