flanker ((2))

[< obs. flanker, v., glow, sparkle]

Nfld

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a bright spark from a chimney or fire.

Quotations

1835

I had discovered this cabin by the "flankers," or bright sparks, which flew up his chimney in the clear starlit sky, from his brisk birch fire.

1955

flankers [are] sparks from a chimney[.]