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forked lightning

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Noun1.forked lightningforked lightning - a form of lightning that moves rapidly in a zigzag path with one end divided (fork-like)
lightning - abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light

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Of course the forked lightning seemed to pass through him when he first approached her, and he remained conscious throughout the interview of hiding uneasiness; but, good as he was, it must be owned that his uneasiness was less than it would have been if he had thought his rival a brilliant and desirable match.
Drenched with the pelting rain, confused by the deafening thunder, and bewildered by the glare of the forked lightning, they would have passed a solitary house without being aware of its vicinity, had not a man, who was standing at the door, called lustily to them to enter.
The thunder rolled heavily, and the forked lightning seemed to make jagged rents in every part of the vast curtain without, as Riderhood sat by the window, glancing at the bed.
 
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