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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.
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2. To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a dazzling or painfully bright light.
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3. To shine out with gaudy colors; to flaunt; to be offensively bright or showy.
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With ribbons pendant, flaring about her head. Shak.
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4. To be exposed to too much light. [Obs.]
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Flaring in sunshine all the day. Prior.
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5. To open or spread outwards; to project beyond the perpendicular; as, the sides of a bowl flare; the bows of a ship flare.
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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.
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2. A spreading outward; as, the flare of a fireplace.
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3. (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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Flare, n. Leaf of lard. “Pig's flare.” Dunglison.
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