Fanfare: alternatives and connections

The fluid which we breathe, and which surrounds the earth; the atmosphere. It is invisible, inodorous, insipid, transparent, compressible, elastic, a…

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To unfold; to spread wide; to expand; to stretch out; to spread.

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Flax; linen.

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A sweet or agreeable succession of sounds.

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Race; stock; generation; descent; family.

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A sound; a note; a tone.

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To blow fitfully with violence and noise, as wind; to be windy and boisterous, as the weather.

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Boastful and threatening behavior; a boastful menace.

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The act, character, or manners of a pedant; vain ostentation of learning.

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A blustering demonstration, or great effort; a great display.

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To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder flashed.

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To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder flashed.

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Dazzling for a moment; making a momentary show of brilliancy; transitorily bright.

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Dazzling for a moment; making a momentary show of brilliancy; transitorily bright.

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To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder flashed.

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To grow luxuriantly; to increase and enlarge, as a healthy growing plant; a thrive.

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The act of ostentating or of making an ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade; -- usually in a detractive sense.

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A slight flourish on a trumpet; a fanfare.

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