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.

Lightning; †a flash of lightning (obsolete). Now English regional (Essex, Suffolk, and Sussex).

Lightning. Also, the bright flashing of any light.

Lightning; a flash of lightning; also, any bright light or flame.

The sudden, momentary bright light produced naturally by a high-voltage electrical discharge in the atmosphere, typically accompanied by thunder…

A source of illumination. Lightning. Cf. light-bolt n. at compounds 3 lait, n.1 thunderlight, n. Obsolete.

Light of thunder, lightning.

Lightning; a flash of lightning. Obsolete.

Lightning.

Lightning. Also: a flash of lightning.

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’…

Lightning; a flash of lightning. Also figurative.

thunderbolts collectively; lightning.

a poetic or rhetorical name for lightning (? as associated with violent storms or whirlwinds).