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Webster 1913 Edition

Flare

Flare

(flâr)
,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Flared
(flârd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Flaring
.]
[Cf. Norw.
flara
to blaze, flame, adorn with tinsel, dial. Sw.
flasa upp
, and E.
flash
, or
flacker
.]
1.
To burn with an unsteady or waving flame;
as, the candle
flares
.
2.
To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a dazzling or painfully bright light.
3.
To shine out with gaudy colors; to flaunt; to be offensively bright or showy.
With ribbons pendant,
flaring
about her head.
Shakespeare
4.
To be exposed to too much light.
[Obs.]
Flaring
in sunshine all the day.
Prior.
5.
To open or spread outwards; to project beyond the perpendicular;
as, the sides of a bowl
flare
; the bows of a ship
flare
.
To flare up
,
to become suddenly heated or excited; to burst into a passion.
[Colloq.]
Thackeray.

Flare

,
Noun.
1.
An unsteady, broad, offensive light.
2.
A spreading outward;
as, the
flare
of a fireplace
.

Flare

,
Noun.
Leaf of lard.
“Pig’s flare.”
Dunglison.

Webster 1828 Edition

Flare

FLARE

,
Verb.
I.
[If this word is not contracted, it may be allied to clear, glare, glory, L. floreo, Eng. floor, the primary sense of which is to open, to spread, from parting, departing, or driving apart.]
1.
To waver; to flutter; to burn with an unsteady light; as, the candle flares, that is the light wanders from its natural course.
2.
To flutter with splendid show; to be loose and waving as a showy thing.
With ribbons pendant flaring 'bout her head.
3.
To glitter with transient luster.
But speech alone doth vanish like a flaring thing.
4.
To glitter with painful splendor.
When the sun begins to fling his flaring beams.
5.
To be exposed to too much light.
I cannot stay flaring in sunshine all the day.
6.
To open or spread outward.

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