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

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)

They were much more interesting to Brown, however, than anything he had ever seen in the set and artificial radiance of the calcium light.

From The Brown Study by Richmond, Grace S. (Grace Smith)

But in many instances the method of procedure has been to study, as under a calcium light, the literary style, the linguistic peculiarities, the whole work as a literary composition.

From A Hero and Some Other Folks by Quayle, William A. (William Alfred)

I looked around the corner and could see he just had on his shirt and pants, and his suspenders were hanging down, and his bald head shone like a calcium light just before it explodes.

From Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa 1883 by Smith, Gean

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