Very light

British  

/ ˈvɛrɪ /

noun

1. a coloured flare fired from a special pistol ( Very pistol ) for signalling at night, esp at sea

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Etymology

Origin of Very light

C19: named after Edward W. Very (1852–1910), US naval ordnance officer

Example Sentences

"They let each other down, too, in the room. There were some guys who were very light on the puck. Very light."

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2018

Prufrock was soon followed by other poems, each one lighting up the postwar literary battlefields like a Very light high above the trenches.

From Time Magazine Archive

Very light color and bad odor may come from inactive liver.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.

At night grand S.O.S. rocket and Very light display—ten francs.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, June 6, 1917 by Various

Very light puddings, such as custards, should be placed in a steamer.

From The Story of Crisco by Neil, Marion Harris