fire-flaughtn.

Brit.

/ˈfʌɪəflɔːt/, U.S.

/ˈfaɪ(ə)rˌflɔt/,

/ˈfaɪ(ə)rˌflɑt/, Scottish English

/ˈfaɪrflɔxt/

Forms: see fire n. and flaught n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fire n., flaught n.¹

Etymology: < fire n. + flaught n.¹ Compare earlier fire-slaught n.It is unclear to what extent this word and the similar-sounding (but unrelated) fire-slaught n. influenced each other. Fire-slaught is attested earlier, but fire-flaught is more common, and some Older Scots authors use both words apparently interchangeably.

Scottish and English regional (northern).

a. Lightning; a flash of lightning. Also: †a storm of thunder and lightning (obsolete). Cf. fire-slaught n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [noun] > lightning > bead or forked lightning > flash of

laitc900

slaughta1300

levinc1300

fire-slaughta1400

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thunderboltc1440

fudder1513

fire-flaughta1522

flag of firea1522

bolt1535

strokea1542

lightning bolta1560

lightning1560

fire-bolt?1562

fulgur1563

fulmen1563

thunder-thump1563

light-bolt1582

fire-flash1586

blaze1590

flake1590

clap1591

blastc1665

glade1744

streak1781

thunder-ball1820

leader stroke1934

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > thunder and lightning > [noun] > lightning > flash of

laitc900

flakec1400

fire-flaughta1522

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lightning1560

fire-flash1586

blaze1590

fulguration1614

fulgurity1623

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glade1744

streak1781

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xiii. x. l. 14 Ane huge bleyss of flambys braid doun fell Furth of the clowdis..In maner of a lichtynnyng or fyre flaucht [L. fulgore].

a1530 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Royal) vi. l. 429 A gret fyreflawcht..Than hapnyd in Rome.

1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour l. 5556 in Wks. (1931) I Than sall ye sone of god discend: As fyreflaucht haistely glansyng.

?a1600 (a1500) Sc. Troy Bk. (Cambr.) l. 468 in C. Horstmann Barbour's Legendensammlung (1882) II. 225 Ande fyre-flauthtis our þe feldes flee Ine syk fladdanis & flambys briht.

1645 S. Rutherford Tryal & Trivmph of Faith (1845) 149 Reasons work not in a moment, as fire flaughts in the air.

1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess ii. 67 A' in a clap the fireflaught blinds their eyn.

a1774 R. Fergusson Poems Var. Subj. (1779) 63 Fire-flaught and hail, wi' tenfald fury's fires, Shall lay yerd-laigh Edina's airy spires.

1816 W. Scott Old Mortality ix, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 210 He passed by me like a fire-flaught.

1868 R. Buchanan North Coast & Other Poems 1 Ghaistly the fireflaughts gleam On tattered sail and shroud.

1913 J. Service Memorables Robin Cummell 90 His twa-edged sword flashed oot like the fire-flaucht's gleam.

1996 S. Blackhall Wittgenstein's Web 52 There wis a muckle blaff frae the airt o Aiberdeen. Syne, there wis a blinnin fire-flaucht.

b. The aurora borealis or northern lights. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > luminous appearance > [noun] > aurora > aurora borealis

dancing-goats1563

petty dancers1635

streaming1694

north-light1706

aurora borealis1717

dancersc1717

northern morning1717

northern lights1722

aurora septentrionalis1728

northern dawn1728

northern light1728

morris dancers1735

streamers1735

north-shine1738

fire-flaught1787

boreal dawn1805

northern morn1822

firelights1845

1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Fire-flaught..the northern lights.

1928 N. Shepherd Quarry Wood iii. 26 Weel, I dinna richtly ken fat they micht be. They ca' them the Northern Lichts. Fireflaughts.

†2. A sudden burst or rush of something. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > vigorous activity > a burst of

fire-flaught1637

flash1653

a fit of the clevers1824

1637 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. civ. 265 A fire-flaught of challenges will come in at mid-summer and question me.

1880 A. C. Swinburne Study of Shakespeare 173 Even Goneril has her one splendid hour, her fireflaught of hellish glory.

†3. A flash of the eye; a fiery glance. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > a look or glance > [noun] > fiery glance

sparkle1590

pierce-eye1593

fire-flaught1803

1803 J. Jamieson Water Kelpie in W. Scott Minstrelsy Sc. Border (ed. 2) III. 358 From ilka ee the fire-flauchts flee, And flash alangis the flude.

1826 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xxv, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 504 Every coorser flingin' fire-flaughts frae his een.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fire-flaught
释义	fire-flaughtn. Brit. /ˈfʌɪəflɔːt/, U.S. /ˈfaɪ(ə)rˌflɔt/, /ˈfaɪ(ə)rˌflɑt/, Scottish English /ˈfaɪrflɔxt/ Forms: see fire n. and flaught n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fire n., flaught n.¹ Etymology: < fire n. + flaught n.¹ Compare earlier fire-slaught n.It is unclear to what extent this word and the similar-sounding (but unrelated) fire-slaught n. influenced each other. Fire-slaught is attested earlier, but fire-flaught is more common, and some Older Scots authors use both words apparently interchangeably. Scottish and English regional (northern). 1. a. Lightning; a flash of lightning. Also: †a storm of thunder and lightning (obsolete). Cf. fire-slaught n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [noun] > lightning > bead or forked lightning > flash of laitc900 slaughta1300 levinc1300 fire-slaughta1400 flaughta1400 thunderboltc1440 fudder1513 fire-flaughta1522 flag of firea1522 bolt1535 strokea1542 lightning bolta1560 lightning1560 fire-bolt?1562 fulgur1563 fulmen1563 thunder-thump1563 light-bolt1582 fire-flash1586 blaze1590 flake1590 clap1591 blastc1665 glade1744 streak1781 thunder-ball1820 leader stroke1934 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > thunder and lightning > [noun] > lightning > flash of laitc900 flakec1400 fire-flaughta1522 flag of firea1522 lightning1560 fire-flash1586 blaze1590 fulguration1614 fulgurity1623 flaughta1724 glade1744 streak1781 a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xiii. x. l. 14 Ane huge bleyss of flambys braid doun fell Furth of the clowdis..In maner of a lichtynnyng or fyre flaucht [L. fulgore]. a1530 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Royal) vi. l. 429 A gret fyreflawcht..Than hapnyd in Rome. 1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour l. 5556 in Wks. (1931) I Than sall ye sone of god discend: As fyreflaucht haistely glansyng. ?a1600 (a1500) Sc. Troy Bk. (Cambr.) l. 468 in C. Horstmann Barbour's Legendensammlung (1882) II. 225 Ande fyre-flauthtis our þe feldes flee Ine syk fladdanis & flambys briht. 1645 S. Rutherford Tryal & Trivmph of Faith (1845) 149 Reasons work not in a moment, as fire flaughts in the air. 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess ii. 67 A' in a clap the fireflaught blinds their eyn. a1774 R. Fergusson Poems Var. Subj. (1779) 63 Fire-flaught and hail, wi' tenfald fury's fires, Shall lay yerd-laigh Edina's airy spires. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality ix, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 210 He passed by me like a fire-flaught. 1868 R. Buchanan North Coast & Other Poems 1 Ghaistly the fireflaughts gleam On tattered sail and shroud. 1913 J. Service Memorables Robin Cummell 90 His twa-edged sword flashed oot like the fire-flaucht's gleam. 1996 S. Blackhall Wittgenstein's Web 52 There wis a muckle blaff frae the airt o Aiberdeen. Syne, there wis a blinnin fire-flaucht. b. The aurora borealis or northern lights. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > luminous appearance > [noun] > aurora > aurora borealis dancing-goats1563 petty dancers1635 streaming1694 north-light1706 aurora borealis1717 dancersc1717 northern morning1717 northern lights1722 aurora septentrionalis1728 northern dawn1728 northern light1728 morris dancers1735 streamers1735 north-shine1738 fire-flaught1787 boreal dawn1805 northern morn1822 firelights1845 1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Fire-flaught..the northern lights. 1928 N. Shepherd Quarry Wood iii. 26 Weel, I dinna richtly ken fat they micht be. They ca' them the Northern Lichts. Fireflaughts. †2. A sudden burst or rush of something. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > vigorous activity > a burst of fire-flaught1637 flash1653 a fit of the clevers1824 1637 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. civ. 265 A fire-flaught of challenges will come in at mid-summer and question me. 1880 A. C. Swinburne Study of Shakespeare 173 Even Goneril has her one splendid hour, her fireflaught of hellish glory. †3. A flash of the eye; a fiery glance. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > a look or glance > [noun] > fiery glance sparkle1590 pierce-eye1593 fire-flaught1803 1803 J. Jamieson Water Kelpie in W. Scott Minstrelsy Sc. Border (ed. 2) III. 358 From ilka ee the fire-flauchts flee, And flash alangis the flude. 1826 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xxv, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 504 Every coorser flingin' fire-flaughts frae his een. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1522
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