To waver; to flutter; to burn with an unsteady light; as, the candle flares, that is the light wanders from its natural course.

To flutter with splendid show; to be loose and waving as a showy thing. With ribbons pendant flaring ‘bout her head.

To glitter with transient luster. But speech alone doth vanish like a flaring thing.

To glitter with painful splendor. When the sun begins to fling his flaring beams.

To be exposed to too much light. I cannot stay flaring in sunshine all the day.

To open or spread outward.