A form of lightning that moves rapidly in a zigzag path with one end divided (fork-like).
synonym: forked lightning.
Roget 959:
drunkenness
etc.
adj.;
intemperance;
drinking
etc.
v.;
inebriety†,
inebriation;
ebriety†,
ebriosity†;
insobriety;
intoxication;
temulency†,
bibacity†,
wine bibbing;
comtation†,
potation;
deep potations,
bacchanals,
bacchanalia,
libations;
bender [U.S.].
oinomania†,
dipsomania;
delirium tremens;
alcohol,
alcoholism;
mania a potu [Fr.].
drink;
alcoholic drinks;
blue ruin [Slang],
grog,
port wine;
punch,
punch bowl;
cup,
rosy wine,
flowing bowl;
drop,
drop too much;
dram;
beer
etc.
(beverage)
298;
aguardiente†;
apple brandy,
applejack;
brandy,
brandy smash [U.S.];
chain lightning [Slang],
champagne,
cocktail;
gin,
ginsling†;
highball [U.S.],
peg,
rum,
rye,
schnapps [U.S.],
sherry,
sling [U.S.],
uisquebaugh [Ire.],
usquebaugh [Scot.],
whisky,
xeres†.
drunkard,
sot,
toper,
tippler,
bibber†,
wine-bibber,
lush;
hard drinker,
gin drinker,
dram drinker;
soaker [Slang],
sponge,
tun;
love pot,
toss pot;
thirsty soul,
reveler,
carouser,
Bacchanal,
Bacchanalian;
Bacchal†,
Bacchante†;
devotee to Bacchus†;
bum [U.S.],
guzzler,
tavern haunter.
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Roget 423:
luminary;
light
etc.
420;
flame
etc.
(fire)
382.
spark,
scintilla;
phosphorescence,
fluorescence.
sun,
orb of day,
Phoebus,
Apollo†,
Aurora;
star,
orb;
meteor,
falling star,
shooting star;
blazing star,
dog star,
Sirius;
canicula,
Aldebaran†;
constellation,
galaxy;
zodiacal light;
anthelion†;
day star,
morning star;
Lucifer;
mock sun,
parhelion;
phosphor,
phosphorus;
sun dog†;
Venus.
aurora,
polar lights;
northern lights,
aurora borealis;
southern lights,
aurora australis.
lightning;
chain lightning,
fork lightning,
sheet lightning,
summer lightning;
ball lightning,
kugelblitz [G.];
[chemical substances giving off light without burning]
phosphorus,
yellow phosphorus;
scintillator,
phosphor;
firefly luminescence.
ignis fatuus [Lat.];
Jack o'lantern,
Friar's lantern;
will-o'-the-wisp,
firedrake†,
Fata Morgana [Lat.];
Saint Elmo's fire.
[luminous insects]
glowworm,
firefly,
June bug,
lightning bug.
[luminous fish]
anglerfish.
[Artificial light]
gas;
gas light,
lime light,
lantern,
lanthorn†;
dark lantern,
bull's-eye;
candle,
bougie [Fr.],
taper,
rushlight;
oil
etc.
(grease)
356;
wick,
burner;
Argand†,
moderator,
duplex;
torch,
flambeau,
link,
brand;
gaselier†,
chandelier,
electrolier†,
candelabrum,
candelabra,
girandole†,
sconce,
luster,
candlestick.
[non-combustion based light sources]
lamp,
light;
incandescent lamp,
tungsten bulb,
light bulb;
flashlight,
torch [Brit.];
arc light;
laser;
[microwave radiation];
maser
neon bulb,
neon sign;
fluorescent lamp.
[parts of a light bulb]
filament;
socket;
contacts;
filler gas.
firework,
fizgig†;
pyrotechnics;
rocket,
lighthouse
etc.
(signal)
550.
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