Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Flamb'e \Flam`b['e]"\, a. [F., p.p. of flamber to singe, pass (a
   thing) through flame. Cf. {Flambeau}.] (Ceramics)
   Decorated by glaze splashed or irregularly spread upon the
   surface, or apparently applied at the top and allowed to run
   down the sides; -- said of pieces of Chinese porcelain.