1. (n.) An ensign, flag, or pennant, which floats in the wind; specifically, a long, narrow, ribbon like flag.

2. (n.) A stream or column of light shooting upward from the horizon, constituting one of the forms of the aurora borealis.

3. (n.) A searcher for stream tin.

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