Flare (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flared (?); 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.
Shak.
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.
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Flare, n.
1.
An unsteady, broad, offensive light.
2.
A spreading outward; as, the flare of a fireplace.
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Flare, n.
Leaf of lard. "Pig's flare." Dunglison.
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Flare, n. (Photog.)
A defect in a photographic objective such that an image of the stop, or diaphragm, appears as a fogged spot in the center of the developed negative.
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