v. i. | 1. | To burn with an unsteady or waving flame; | |||
2. | To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a dazzling or painfully bright light. | ||||
3. | To shine out with gaudy colors; to flaunt; to be offensively bright or showy. | ||||
4. | To be exposed to too much light. | ||||
5. | To open or spread outwards; to project beyond the perpendicular;
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n. | 1. | An unsteady, broad, offensive light. | |||
2. | A spreading outward; | ||||
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. | ||||
1. | Leaf of lard. |