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Very pistol
(gcide) | Very's night signals \Ver"y's night signals\, or Very night
signals \Ver"y night signals\ . [After Lieut. Samuel W. Very,
who invented the system in 1877.] (Naut.)
A system of signaling in which balls of red and green fire
are fired from a pistol, the arrangement in groups denoting
numbers having a code significance. The pistol used to fire
the signal flare is called a
Very pistol.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] |
very pistol
(wn) | Very pistol
n 1: a pistol for firing Very-light flares [syn: Very pistol,
Verey pistol] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
Very pistol
(gcide) | Very's night signals \Ver"y's night signals\, or Very night
signals \Ver"y night signals\ . [After Lieut. Samuel W. Very,
who invented the system in 1877.] (Naut.)
A system of signaling in which balls of red and green fire
are fired from a pistol, the arrangement in groups denoting
numbers having a code significance. The pistol used to fire
the signal flare is called a
Very pistol.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] |
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