Lightning; occasionally flash of fire.
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| 释义 | the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [noun] > lightning > bead or forked lightning > flash of (27) laitc900 Lightning; occasionally flash of fire. slaughta1300 A flash (of lightning). Cf. fire-slaught, n. levinc1300 Lightning; a flash of lightning; also, any bright light or flame. fire-slaughta1400 Lightning; a flash of lightning. Cf. fire-flaught, n. flaughta1400 A flash; a flash of lightning; a ‘tongue’ of flame; = flake, n.2 2. Cf. fire-flaught, n. thunderboltc1440 A supposed bolt or dart formerly believed to be the destructive agent in a lightning-flash when it ‘strikes’ anything; a flash of lightning… fudder1513 Lightning; a thunderbolt. fire-flaughta1522 Lightning; a flash of lightning. Also: †a storm of thunder and lightning (obsolete). Cf. fire-slaught, n. flag of firea1522 A blast or gust (of wind); a squall. flag of fire: a flash of lightning. bolt1535 A discharge of lightning, a thunderbolt. strokea1542 A damaging or destructive discharge (of lightning). lightning bolta1560 A visible discharge of lightning, a thunderbolt. Cf. bolt, n.1 2a. lightning1560 (In sense A. 1a.) General use as a modifier, as in lightning discharge, lightning flash, lightning stroke, etc.; also as a modifier with the sense… fire-bolt?1562 a thunderbolt, a flash of lightning; also figurative. fulgur1563 Lightning; a flash of lightning. Also figurative. fulmen1563 A thunderbolt, esp. (in later use) as the attribute of the Roman god Jupiter; a symbolic representation of this (in art, on a coin, etc.). Also figur… thunder-thump1563 ? a thunderbolt. light-bolt1582 a thunderbolt; also figurative. fire-flash1586 blaze1590 A ‘flash’ (of lightning), a moment. Obsolete. flake1590 A portion of ignited matter thrown off by a burning or incandescent body; a detached portion of flame; †a flash (of lightning). clap1591 A stroke (of thunder), a lightning-stroke. Obsolete; cf. sense 5. blastc1665 The sudden stroke of lightning, a thunder-bolt. Obsolete. glade1744 A clear or bright space in the sky; a flash (of light or lightning). Obsolete. streak1781 A flash of lightning, etc. thunder-ball1820 (a) the electric phenomenon called a fire-ball or globe-lightning; (b) poetic a thunderbolt; (c) the common red poppy (Papaver rhœas) (dialect). leader stroke1934 Meteorology. In full, leader stroke. A preliminary stroke of lightning that ionizes the path taken by the much brighter return stroke that follows. |
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