The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Blaze \Blaze\ (bl[=a]z), n. [OE. blase, AS. bl[ae]se, blase;
   akin to OHG. blass whitish, G. blass pale, MHG. blas torch,
   Icel. blys torch; perh. fr. the same root as E. blast. Cf.
   Blast, Blush, Blink.]
   1. A stream of gas or vapor emitting light and heat in the
      process of combustion; a bright flame. "To heaven the
      blaze uprolled." --Croly.
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   2. Intense, direct light accompanied with heat; as, to seek
      shelter from the blaze of the sun.
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            O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon!
                                                  --Milton.
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   3. A bursting out, or active display of any quality; an
      outburst; a brilliant display. "Fierce blaze of riot."
      "His blaze of wrath." --Shak.
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            For what is glory but the blaze of fame? --Milton.
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   4. [Cf. D. bles; akin to E. blaze light.] A white spot on the
      forehead of a horse.
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   5. A spot made on trees by chipping off a piece of the bark,
      usually as a surveyor's mark.
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            Three blazes in a perpendicular line on the same
            tree indicating a legislative road, the single blaze
            a settlement or neighborhood road.    --Carlton.
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   In a blaze, on fire; burning with a flame; filled with,
      giving, or reflecting light; excited or exasperated.

   Like blazes, furiously; rapidly. [Low] "The horses did
      along like blazes tear." --Poem in Essex dialect.
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   Note: In low language in the U. S., blazes is frequently used
         of something extreme or excessive, especially of
         something very bad; as, blue as blazes. --Neal.
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   Syn: Blaze, Flame.

   Usage: A blaze and a flame are both produced by burning gas.
          In blaze the idea of light rapidly evolved is
          prominent, with or without heat; as, the blaze of the
          sun or of a meteor. Flame includes a stronger notion
          of heat; as, he perished in the flames.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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   2. To send forth or reflect glowing or brilliant light; to
      show a blaze.
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            And far and wide the icy summit blazed.
                                                  --Wordsworth.
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   3. To be resplendent. --Macaulay.
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   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.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Blaze \Blaze\, v. t.
   1. To mark (a tree) by chipping off a piece of the bark.
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            I found my way by the blazed trees.   --Hoffman.
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   2. To designate by blazing; to mark out, as by blazed trees;
      as, to blaze a line or path.
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            Champollion died in 1832, having done little more
            than blaze out the road to be traveled by others.
                                                  --Nott.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Blaze \Blaze\, v. t. [OE. blasen to blow; perh. confused with
   blast and blaze a flame, OE. blase. Cf. Blaze, v. i., and
   see Blast.]
   1. To make public far and wide; to make known; to render
      conspicuous.
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            On charitable lists he blazed his name. --Pollok.
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            To blaze those virtues which the good would hide.
                                                  --Pope.
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   2. (Her.) To blazon. [Obs.] --Peacham.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

blaze
    n 1: a strong flame that burns brightly; "the blaze spread
         rapidly" [syn: blaze, blazing]
    2: a cause of difficulty and suffering; "war is hell"; "go to
       blazes" [syn: hell, blaze]
    3: noisy and unrestrained mischief; "raising blazes" [syn:
       hell, blaze]
    4: a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the
       brightness to which the eyes are adapted; "a glare of
       sunlight" [syn: glare, blaze, brilliance]
    5: a light-colored marking; "they chipped off bark to mark the
       trail with blazes"; "the horse had a blaze between its eyes"
    v 1: shine brightly and intensively; "Meteors blazed across the
         atmosphere"
    2: shoot rapidly and repeatedly; "He blazed away at the men"
       [syn: blaze away, blaze]
    3: burn brightly and intensely; "The summer sun alone can cause
       a pine to blaze"
    4: move rapidly and as if blazing; "The spaceship blazed out
       into space" [syn: blaze, blaze out]
    5: indicate by marking trees with blazes; "blaze a trail"

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):

BLAZE

   A single assignment language for parallel processing.

   ["The BLAZE Language: A Parallel Language for Scientific
   Programming", P. Mehrotra  et al, J
   Parallel Comp 5(3):339-361 (Nov 1987)].