Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Blaze \Blaze\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Blazed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Blazing}.]
   1. To shine with flame; to glow with flame; as, the fire
      blazes.

   2. To send forth or reflect glowing or brilliant light; to
      show a blaze.

            And far and wide the icy summit blazed.
                                                  --Wordsworth.

   3. To be resplendent. --Macaulay.

   {To blaze away}, to discharge a firearm, or to continue
      firing; -- said esp. of a number of persons, as a line of
      soldiers. Also used (fig.) of speech or action. [Colloq.]