1. (n.) a bright flame\; a stream of gas or vapor emitting light and heat in the process of combustion

2. (n.) Intense, direct light accompanied with heat; as, to seek shelter from the blaze of the sun.

3. (n.) A bursting out, or active display of any quality; an outburst; a brilliant display.

4. (n.) A white spot on the forehead of a horse.

5. (n.) A spot made on trees by chipping off a piece of the bark, usually as a surveyor's mark.

6. (v. i.) To shine with flame; to glow with flame; as, the fire blazes.

7. (v. i.) To send forth or reflect glowing or brilliant light; to show a blaze.

8. (v. i.) To be resplendent.

9. (v. t.) To mark (a tree) by chipping off a piece of the bark.

10. (v. t.) To designate by blazing; to mark out, as by blazed trees; as, to blaze a line or path.

11. (v. i.) To make public far and wide; to make known; to render conspicuous.

12. (v. i.) To blazon.

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