[f. FLAME v. + -ING1.] The action of the verb FLAME. Also concr., something which flames or resembles a flame.
c. 1400. Destr. Troy, 970. The flammyng of þe flese was ferly to see.
1546. Bale, Eng. Votaries, I. 39/1. A great Comete or blasynge starre, which semed with flamynges of fyre to fall into the see, great morren folowynge both of beast and man.
1854. Ruskin, Lect. Archit., Add. 128. Wherever colour is introduced, ornamentation may cease to represent natural objects, and may consist in mere spots, or bands, or flamings.
