calcium light

American  

noun

1. a brilliant white light produced by heating lime to incandescence in an oxyhydrogen or other hot flame; limelight.

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calcium light British  

noun

1. another name for limelight

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Etymology

Origin of calcium light

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

Far better bring them near and turn on the calcium light.

From A Woman of the World Her Counsel to Other People's Sons and Daughters by Wilcox, Ella Wheeler

The scene he saw was the one he had put behind him, and in the calcium light of his mind, one figure stood out clearly from the rest.

From The Rim of the Desert by Anderson, Ada Woodruff

The Moon, in fact, is in German novels what the calcium light is in American melodrama.

From Essays on Modern Novelists by Phelps, William Lyon

Only practice torpedoes send up a calcium light when their compressed air has given out.

From The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War by Hodgson, Edward S.

We waited and watched till we heard a faint "hurrah", and soon, in the distance, a calcium light burned red and long.

From A Cry in the Wilderness by Waller, Mary E. (Mary Ella)