coruscation

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Nor is there now any blinding coruscation of genius.

From Time Magazine Archive

The effect of this beautiful coruscation upon the backs of Violins is obtained by cutting the wood upon the cross, or, as the French term it, sur maille.

From The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators by Hart, George

It was bright with a long ray from the white sun that peered below a cloud, seeming to her dazzled eyes surrounded by a coruscation of coloured rays.

From Love of Brothers by Tynan, Katharine

Out beyond, a coruscation of lights burnt like a group of topaz and rubies set in the silver shield of the night.

From Mr. Britling Sees It Through by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

Should it "be compared to the coruscation of the electric fluid in the aurora borealis? or to the more magnificent cone of the zodiacal light?"

From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Clerke, Agnes M. (Agnes Mary)