Definitions for very lightsˈvɛr i

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Ver′y lights`ˈvɛr i(n.pl.)

  1. a variety of colored signal flares, fired from a special pistol (Ver′y pis`tol).

    Category: Nautical

Origin of Very lights:

1910–15; after E. W. Very (1847–1907), U.S. inventor


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