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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A flash or gleam of lightning.
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There was no need to sound an alarm, the great golden fire-flag which floated in the darkness of the night brought every man out to gaze; and as the flames mounted higher, illuminating the settlement far and near, the other houses stood forth plainly, the trees seemed turned to gold, and the wavy corn and cane came into sight and died out again in a way wonderful to behold.
Mass' George A Boy's Adventures in the Old Savannah George Manville Fenn 1870
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