Meaning of sheet lightning | Babel Free

Definitions

A broad flash of lightning, with no visible bolt, due to reflection.

uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“In most very warm days in summer the thermometer stands above 70 degrees on the scale of Fahrenheit, about the centre of the county; in the summer of 1811, it stood repeatedly above 80°; and on the 25th of May, 1807, during the time when the sheet lightning of tropical regions appeared, about three in the afternoon, it stood at 92° in the shade within three miles of Moffat!”

“It probably belongs to the class we are accustomed to call⟳ sheet lightnings, for these are by far the most frequent in an ordinary storm.”

“He was silent for a long time, redreaming the dreams that he had dreamed eight years ago, but through them all ran, as sheet-lightning through golden cloud, the light⟳ of Mrs. Hauksbee's violet eyes.”

“The occurrence of sheet lightning in a particular district did not necessarily involve⟳ that a thunderstorm was experienced there, for it frequently happened that the storm was a long way off.”

“K'iche' diviners believe⟳ that they have⟳ a kind of soul in their blood in the form⟳ of sheet lightning.”

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