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Pertaining to a flamen; flaminical.

Emitting flames; afire; blazing; consuming; illuminating.

Pertaining to a flamen. Milton.

The act of setting in a flame or blaze. [Obs.] Sir. T. Browne.

Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, flame. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Producing flame.

Vomiting flames, as a volcano. W. Thompson. (1745).

Flaming; blazing; flamelike; flame-colored; composed of flame. Pope.

To burn with an unsteady or waving flame; as, the candle flares.

To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder flashed.

atile oil gives off vapor in sufficient quantity to burn, or flash, on the approach of a flame, used as a test of the comparative safety of oils, esp. kerosene; a flashing point of 100º F. is regarded as a fairly safe standard. The burning point of the oil is usually from ten to thirty degree above the flashing point o…

Without spot or blame. [R.] My consnience will not count me fleckless. Tennyson.

To waver unsteadily, like a flame in a current of air, or when about to expire; as, the flickering light. The shadows flicker to fro. Tennyson.

revolving wheel were made to produce a shower of sparks, which gave light, but did not inflame the fire damp. Knight. -- Flint stone, a hard, siliceous stone; a flint. -- Flint wall, a kind of wall, common in England, on the face of which are exposed the black surfaces of broken flints set in the mortar, with quions…

A woolly filament sometimes occuring with the sporules of certain fungi.

Untwisted filaments of silk, used in embroidering. Floss silk, silk that has been twisted, and which retains its loose and downy character. It is much used in embroidery. Called also floxed silk. -- Floss thread, a kind of soft flaxen yarn or thread, used for embroidery; -- called also linen floss, and floss yarn. McE…

A compartment or division of a chimney for conveying flame and smoke to the outer air.

terior of the three principal divisions of the brain, including the prosencephalon and thalamencephalon. Sometimes restricted to the prosencephalon only. See Brain.

The front or fore part of anything. Flames in the forehead of the morning sky. Milton. So rich advantage of a promised glory As smiles upon the forehead of this action. Shak.

To flash, as lightning; to lighten; to gleam; to thunder. [Obs.] "Flames of fouldering heat." Spenser.