blue gas

noun

, Chemistry.

1. water gas.

Word History and Origins

Origin of blue gas¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

Then the big agate kettle must be set over the blue gas flame, for hot water is needed both for shaving and cocoa.

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There were sausages there frizzling in a metal-pan with a little row of blue gas-jets below it.

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Go into the kitchen tonight, light a burner of the gas stove, turn out the light and sprinkle salt on the blue gas flame.

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