Flame , v. t. To kindle; to inflame; to excite.
And flamed with zeal of vengeance inwardly.
Spenser.
Flame , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flamed (?);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Flaming.]
[OE. flamen, flaumben, F.
flamber, OF. also,
flamer. See Flame, n.]
1. To burn
with a flame or blaze; to burn as gas
emitted from bodies in combustion; to blaze.
The main blaze of it is past, but a small thing
would make it flame again.
Shak.
2. To burst forth like flame; to break out
in violence of passion; to be kindled with zeal or
ardor.
He flamed with indignation.
Macaulay.
Flame (flām), n. [OE. flame,
flaume, flaumbe, OF. flame, flambe, F.
flamme, fr. L. flamma, fr. flamma,
fr. flagrare to burn. See Flagrant, and cf. Flamneau, Flamingo.]
1. A stream of burning vapor or gas, emitting light and heat; darting or streaming fire; a blaze; a fire.
2. Burning zeal or passion; elevated and noble enthusiasm; glowing
imagination; passionate excitement
or anger. "In a flame of zeal severe." Milton.
Where flames refin'd in breasts seraphic glow.
Pope. Smit with the
love of sister arts we came,
And met congenial, mingling flame with flame.
Pope. 3. Ardor of affection; the passion of love. Coleridge.
4.
A person beloved; a sweetheart. Thackeray.
Syn. -- Blaze; brightness; ardor. See Blaze.
Flame bridge, a bridge wall. See Bridge, n.,
5. -- Flame color, brilliant orange or yellow. B. Jonson. --
Flame engine, an early name
for the gas
engine. -- Flame manometer, an instrument, invented by
Koenig, to obtain graphic representation of the action of
the human vocal organs. See Manometer. -- Flame reaction
(Chem.), a method of testing for the presence of certain elements by the characteristic color imparted to a flame; as, sodium colors a flame yellow, potassium violet, lithium crimson, boracic acid green, etc. Cf. Spectrum
analysis, under Spectrum. -- Flame tree (Bot.), a tree with showy scarlet flowers, as the Rhododendron arboreum in
India, and the Brachychiton acerifolium of Australia.
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