Obs. [L., f. fulgēre to lighten.] Lightning, a flash of lightning.

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1563.  W. Fulke, Meteors (1640), 27. Fulgur is that kinde of Lightning which followeth Thunder.

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1695.  D’Urfey, Gloriana, ix. 2. Till by some Flashes of Ætherial Fire, And fatal Fulgur glimmering Light was lent.

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  fig.  1665.  Sir T. Herbert, Trav. (1677), 175. Nor may they offend the King, who by the fulgur of his eye can dart them dead as soon as speak the word.

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