Flame \Flame\ (fl[=a]m), n. [OE. flame, flaume, flaumbe,
         OF.
   flame, flambe, F. flamme, fr. L. flamma, fr. flamma,
         fr.
   flagrare to burn. See Flagrant, and cf.
         Flamneau,
  
         Flamingo.]
   1. A
         stream of burning
         vapor or gas, emitting light and heat;
      darting or
         streaming fire; a blaze; a fire.
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         2. Burning zeal or passion; elevated and noble enthusiasm;

              glowing imagination; passionate excitement or anger.
         "In a
      flame of zeal severe." --Milton.
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            Where flames refin'd in breasts seraphic glow.
                                                  --Pope.
     
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            Smit with the love of sister arts we came,
            And met congenial, mingling flame with flame.
                                                  --Pope.
     
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   3. Ardor of affection; the passion of
         love. --Coleridge.
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   4. A person
         beloved; a sweetheart. --Thackeray.

   Syn: Blaze;
         brightness; ardor. See Blaze.
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          Flame bridge, a
         bridge wall. See Bridge,
         n., 5.

  
         Flame color,
         brilliant orange or yellow. --B. Jonson.

 
          Flame engine, an
         early name for the gas engine.

  
         Flame manometer,
         an instrument, invented by Koenig, to
  
            obtain graphic representation of the action of the
         human
      vocal organs. See Manometer.

   {Flame
         reaction} (Chem.), a method of testing for the
     
         presence of certain elements by the characteristic color
  
            imparted to a flame; as, sodium colors a flame yellow,
 
             potassium violet, lithium crimson, boracic acid green,

              etc. Cf. Spectrum analysis, under Spectrum.

  
         Flame tree (Bot.), a
         tree with showy scarlet flowers, as

              the Rhododendron arboreum in India, and the
     
         Brachychiton acerifolium of Australia.
   
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