gust English
Etymology 1
Apparently from (etyl) gustr , though not recorded before Shakespeare.
Noun
( en noun)
A strong, abrupt rush of wind.
Any rush or outburst (of water, emotion etc.).
- (Francis Bacon)
Synonyms
* windflaw
Etymology 2
From ( etyl) gustus ‘taste’. For the verb, compare ( etyl) ( lena) gustare, ( etyl) gustare, ( etyl) gustar.
Noun
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(archaic) The physiological faculty of taste.
Relish, enjoyment, appreciation.
* Jeremy Taylor
- An ox will relish the tender flesh of kids with as much gust and appetite.
* Alexander Pope
- Destroy all creatures for thy sport or gust.
* 1942': ‘Yes, indeed,’ said Sava with solemn '''gust . — Rebecca West, ''Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 1050)
Intellectual taste; fancy.
* Dryden
- A choice of it may be made according to the gust and manner of the ancients.
Verb
( en verb)
(obsolete) To taste.
(obsolete) To have a relish for.
Related terms
* disgust
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flare English
Noun
( en noun)
A source of brightly burning light or intense heat used to attract attention in an emergency, to illuminate an area, or as a decoy.
* 2010 , James Fleming, Cold Blood
*:...when the soldiers openly laughed at him, I knew he was in the bag. While he was putting on the snowplough, the Whites shot up a flare to see what was happening.
*, chapter=7
, title= The Mirror and the Lamp
, passage=The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. […] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache, the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one.}}
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A widening of an object with an otherwise roughly constant width.
* 2003 , Timothy Noakes, Lore of Running , page 270:
- The flare on the inside of the shoe resists ankle pronation;
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(aviation) The transition from downward flight to level flight just before landing.
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(baseball) A low fly ball that is hit in the region between the infielders and the outfielders
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A type of pyrotechnic that produces a brilliant light or intense heat without an explosion. A colored flare used as a warning on the railroad, a fusee.
Derived terms
* lens flare
* nonflared
* parachute flare
* unflared
Verb
To blaze brightly.
- The blast furnace flared in the night.
To burn unsteadily.
- The candle flared in a sudden draught.
(intransitive) To open outward in shape.
- The cat flared its nostrils while sniffing at the air.
- The cat's nostrils flared when it sniffed at the air.
- The building flared from the third through the seventh floors to occupy the airspace over the entrance plaza.
- The sides of a bowl flare .
To cause to burn.
To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a dazzling or painfully bright light.
To shine out with gaudy colours; to be offensively bright or showy.
* Shakespeare
- With ribbons pendant, flaring about her head.
(obsolete) To be exposed to too much light.
* Prior
- flaring in sunshine all the day
Derived terms
* flare up
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