Flaming \Flam"ing\, a.

1. Emitting flames; afire; blazing; consuming; illuminating.

2. Of the color of flame; high-colored; brilliant; dazzling. ``In flaming yellow bright.'' --Prior.

3. Ardent; passionate; burning with zeal; irrepressibly earnest; as, a flaming proclomation or harangue.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Flame \Flame\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flamed; p. pr. & vb. n. Flaming.]

[OE. flamen, flaumben, F. flamber, OF. also, flamer. See Flame, n.]

1. To burn with a flame or blaze; to burn as gas emitted from bodies in combustion; to blaze.

The main blaze of it is past, but a small thing would make it flame again. --Shak.

2. To burst forth like flame; to break out in violence of passion; to be kindled with zeal or ardor.

He flamed with indignation. --Macaulay.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)