Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A flash of lightning; specifically, a flash unaccompanied by thunder.
- n. The northern light, or aurora borealis.
Etymologies
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Examples
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“He passed by me like a fire-flaught when I was in the garden!”
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Like the course of the fire-flaught the clansmen pass'd on,
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century
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Soon he heard cries of alarm, horror, despair, and came up to the worthy clergyman of the parish cowering up against the hedge, almost in a fainting fit, under a strong impression that it was the Evil One in person who just hissed past him in a fire-flaught.
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On that fearfu disclosure, when ye rushed frae the Countess's presence and saddled your horse, and left the castle like a fire-flaught, the Countess hadna yet discovered your private marriage; she hadna fund out that the union, which she had framed this awfu 'tale to prevent, had e'en taen place.
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"He passed by me like a fire-flaught when I was in the garden!"
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On that fearfu 'disclosure, when ye rushed frae the Countess's presence and saddled your horse, and left the castle like a fire-flaught, the Countess hadna yet discovered your private marriage; she hadna fund out that the union, which she had framed this awfu' tale to prevent, had e'en taen place.
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Yet Christ cometh with an immediate glimpse, like a fire-flaught [flash of lightening] in the air, which letteth the lost and bewildered traveler, in an extremely dark night, see a lodging at hand, whereas otherwise he should have fallen in a pit and lost himself: and in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, the Lord having rebuked the winds and the stormy tempests in the soul, there is a calm and peace, (Psalm 31: 22; Jonah 2: 4).
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Aiblins a fire-flaught o 'my een, it might be -- I've had them unco often, the day -- "
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On that fearfu’ disclosure, when ye rushed frae the Countess’s presence and saddled your horse, and left the castle like a fire-flaught, the Countess hadna yet discovered your private marriage; she hadna fund out that the union, which she had framed this awfu’ tale to prevent, had e’en taen place.
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