Flare (?), v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Flared (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Flaring.] [Cf. Norw. flara to blaze, flame, adorn with
tinsel, dial. Sw. flasa upp, and E. flash, or
flacker.] 1. To burn with an unsteady or
waving flame; as, the candle flares.
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.
With ribbons pendant, flaring about her
head.
Shak.
4. To be exposed to too much light.
[Obs.]
Flaring in sunshine all the day.
Prior.
5. To open or spread outwards; to project
beyond the perpendicular; as, the sides of a bowl flare; the
bows of a ship flare.
To flare up, to become suddenly heated or
excited; to burst into a passion. [Colloq.]
Thackeray.
Flare, n. 1. An
unsteady, broad, offensive light.
2. A spreading outward; as, the flare
of a fireplace.
Flare, n. Leaf of lard.
"Pig's flare." Dunglison.
Flare, n. (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.