2. Burning zeal or passion; elevated and noble enthusiasm;
glowing imagination; passionate excitement or anger. ``In
a flame of zeal severe.'' --Milton.
Where flames refin'd in breasts seraphic glow.
--Pope.
Smit with the love of sister arts we came, And met
congenial, mingling flame with flame. --Pope.
3. Ardor of affection; the passion of love. --Coleridge.
4. A person beloved; a sweetheart. --Thackeray.
Syn: Blaze; brightness; ardor. See {Blaze}.
{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.
The main blaze of it is past, but a small thing
would make it flame again. --Shak.
2. To burst forth like flame; to break out in violence of
passion; to be kindled with zeal or ardor.
He flamed with indignation. --Macaulay.
And flamed with zeal of vengeance inwardly. --Spenser.