Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Blazing \Blaz"ing\, a.
   Burning with a blaze; as, a blazing fire; blazing torches.
   --Sir W. Scott.

   {Blazing star}.
   (a) A comet. [Obs.]
   (b) A brilliant center of attraction.
   (c) (Bot.) A name given to several plants; as, to
       {Cham[ae]lirium luteum} of the Lily family; {Liatris
       squarrosa}; and {Aletris farinosa}, called also
       {colicroot} and {star grass}.

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.]

Source : WordNet®

blazing
     adj 1: shining intensely; "the blazing sun"; "blinding headlights";
            "dazzling snow"; "fulgent patterns of sunlight"; "the
            glaring sun" [syn: {blinding}, {dazzling}, {fulgent},
            {glaring}, {glary}]
     2: lighted up by or as by fire or flame; "forests set ablaze
        (or afire) by lightning"; "even the car's tires were
        aflame"; "a night aflare with fireworks"; "candles alight
        on the tables"; "blazing logs in the fireplace"; "a
        burning cigarette"; "a flaming crackling fire"; "houses on
        fire" [syn: {ablaze(p)}, {afire(p)}, {aflame(p)}, {aflare(p)},
         {alight(p)}, {burning}, {flaming}, {on fire(p)}]
     3: without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious;
        "open disregard of the law"; "open family strife"; "open
        hostility"; "a blatant appeal to vanity"; "a blazing
        indiscretion" [syn: {blatant}, {conspicuous}, {open}]
     n : a strong flame that burns brightly; "the blaze spread
         rapidly" [syn: {blaze}]