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<h1>Fulgid</h1> <Xpage=601>

<hw>Ful"gid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fulgidus</ets>. See <er>Fulgent</er>.]</ety> <def>Shining; glittering; dazzling.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Pope.</i>

<h1>Fulgidity</h1> <Xpage=601>

<hw>Ful*gid"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Splendor; resplendence; effulgence.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Bailey.</i>

<h1>Fulgor</h1> <Xpage=601>

<hw>Ful"gor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fulgor</ets>, fr. <ets>fulgere</ets> to shine.]</ety> <def>Dazzling brightness; splendor.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Fulgurant</h1> <Xpage=601>

<hw>Ful"gu*rant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fulgurans</ets>, <ets>p. pr.</ets> of <ets>fulgurare</ets>.]</ety> <def>Lightening.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Dr. H. More.</i>

<h1>Fulgurata</h1> <Xpage=601>

<hw>Ful"gu*ra"ta</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Electricity)</fld> <def>A spectro-electric tube in which the decomposition of a liquid by the passage of an electric spark is observed.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Fulgurate</h1> <Xpage=601>

<hw>Ful"gu*rate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fulguratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>fulgurare</ets> to flash, fr. <ets>fulgur</ets> lightning, fr. <ets>fulgere</ets> to shine. See <er>Fulgent</er>.]</ety> <def>To flash as lightning.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Fulgurating</h1> <Xpage=601>

<hw>Ful"gu*ra`ting</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Resembling lightning; -- used to describe intense lancinating painsaccompanying locomotor ataxy.</def>

<h1>Fulguration</h1> <Xpage=601>

<hw>Ful"gu*ra`tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fulguratio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>fulguration</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of lightening.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Donne.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Assaying)</fld> <def>The sudden brightening of a fused globule of gold or silver, when the last film of the oxide of lead or copper leaves its surface; -- also called <altname>blick.</altname></def>

<blockquote>A phenomenon called, by the old chemists, <b>fulguration</b>. <i>Ure.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fulgurite</h1> <Xpage=601>

<hw>Ful"gu*rite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fulguritus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>fulgurire</ets> to strike with lightning, fr. <ets>fulgur</ets> lightning: cf. F. <ets>fulgurite</ets>.]</ety> <def>A vitrified sand tube produced by the striking of lightning on sand; a lightning tube; also, the portion of rock surface fused by a lightning discharge.</def>

<h1>Fulgury</h1> <Xpage=601>

<hw>Ful"gu*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fulgur</ets>.]</ety> <def>Lightning.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>