The word, which refers to an Irish and Scottish summer celebration, is derived from a Gaelic word meaning bright fire.
Home again, sitting by a bright fire all through a damp Normandy winter, "dreaming of hairless cunts beneath a cloudless sky", Flaubert set about weaving his Egyptian memories into a bright, private vision.
Hellenic mythology proposed Chimera, which appeared on pottery 2,500 years ago and was described by Homer in the Iliad (Book VI) as "a thing of immortal make, not human, lion-fronted and snake behind, a goat in the middle, and snorting out of breath of the terrible flame of bright fire".
Avoid bright fire-engine-red at first; a beginner's mistake is going straight for the loudest red you can find to announce, "I'm wearing lipstick!" Even if you do look great in that color, any mistake, imperfection, or slightest smudge will stand out.
Most recently, he presented his version of the theory in "Bright Air, Brilliant Fire," a book intended for the lay reader.
His work led to the construction of a general theory of brain development and function called neuronal group selection, which he explained in a trilogy of books (1987 89) for a scientific audience and in Bright Air, Brilliant Fire: On the Matter of the Mind (1992) for laypersons.
We saw tsunamis sweeping over towns; ceilings collapsing and bright orange fires in the black night.
The men checked the sprinkler system above the house and hooked up a fire hose to a bright yellow fire hydrant.
Bright yellow fire hoses snaked between the trucks and a building, and an empty wheelchair stood in the foreground.
