flare-back

Below, the ground steamed from a rocket flare-back, grasses burned away from the fins of a small scoutship.

Storm Over Warlock Andre Norton 1958

Windsor chairs and rush bottom chairs are best of all for a simple dining-room, I think, though the revival of painted furniture has brought about a new interest in the old flare-back chairs, painted with dull, soft colored posies on a ground of dull green or gray or black.

The House in Good Taste Elsie de Wolfe

This disease is so treacherous, especially in this climate, that I am perhaps over - anxious for fear of a flare-back -- and a flare-back in a case of this kind often results in pneumonia.

Woodrow Wilson as I Know Him Joseph P. Tumulty

Perhaps it's merely a flare-back from my own shaken nerves.

The Prairie Mother Arthur Stringer 1912

When he lighted it there was a flare-back that alarmed Belle in her bed, but she could hear nothing of what was going on in the kitchen.

Laramie Holds the Range 1898

The two women decided to give him something even more wonderful-a full-length let-out white mink coat with a raglan flare-back, shawl collar, scarlet silk lining and deep flap pockets lined with velvet.

TIME.com: Top Stories 2011

The reviewer points to headlights that "flare-back like an extreme facelift," and notes how the

The Car Connection 2009

This disease is so treacherous, especially in this climate, that I am perhaps over - anxious for fear of a flare-back ” and a flare-back in a case of this kind often results in pneumonia.

Woodrow Wilson as I know Him Tumulty, Joseph P 1921

"Once I read about a flare-back on a battle-ship, and how a fellow threw himself into the door of the powder-magazine to prevent an explosion.

The Auction Block Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913