FLASH, FLASHING
ADJECTIVES
► FULGURANT flashing or dazzling like lightning → 1611
► FULGUROUS flashing like lightning → 1616
► LAMPING flashing, beaming, resplendent → 1590
► LEAMING flashing, gleaming, shining → a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
NOUNS
► GLIFF a flash, a gleam; a short space of time, an instant, a moment → 1816 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► LEAM a flash, ray, or gleam of light; brightness, gleam → c1175 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► LEAMING a flashing, shining, gleaming of light → 1387 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
VERBS
► EFFULGE to flash forth → 1729 poetic usage
► FULGURATE to emit vivid flashes of light; to sparkle brightly → 1677
► GLIFF to flash, to gleam; to shine suddenly → a1400-50 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► LAIT to flash, to gleam, to lighten → c1205 obs.
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