furolen.
? Obsolete.
= corposant n.
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heaven's fireOE
St. Elmo's fire1561
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furole1656
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storm-light1843
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1656 T. Blount Glossographia Furole (Fr.), a little blaze of fire, appearing by night on the tops of Souldiers Launces, or at Sea on Sayl-yards, where it whirles and leaps in a moment from one place to another.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Furole, a kind of little Meteor appearing amidst the Sails of a Ship, especially upon an approaching Storm.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Furole, the luminous appearance called the corpo santo.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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