Meaning Of The Word Saint Elmo's fire

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Saint Elmo's fire in American English
a visible electric discharge (corona) from charged, esp. pointed, objects, as the tips of masts, spires, trees, etc.: seen sometimes during electrical storms
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Saint Elmo's fire in British English
noun: (not in technical usage) a luminous region that sometimes appears around church spires, the masts of ships, etc. It is a corona discharge in the air caused by atmospheric electricity

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