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Vesuvian
[ vuh-soo-vee-uhn ]
noun
- (lowercase) a type of match formerly used for lighting cigars; fusee.
vesuvian
/ vɪˈsuːvɪən /
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Origin of Vesuvian1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Vesuvian1
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Example Sentences
The Duke's vesuvian was sputtering in the spray and wind, and he got a good light before he answered.
Suffice it to say that one day Miles and his father had a Vesuvian meeting on the subject of the army.
At last the eruption became "Vesuvian," and the ashes from the crater threatened to re-bury Pompeii—we mean Ashcroft.
“Some few of them are sensible, though,” went on the latter, flaring up a vesuvian to light his pipe.
Still another of our well-remembered pensions was on the bright Vesuvian Bay.
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