Very lights

American  

[ver-ee] / ˈvɛr i /

plural noun

1. a variety of colored signal flares, fired from a special pistol Very pistol.

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Etymology

Origin of Very lights

1910–15; after E. W. Very (1847–1907), U.S. inventor

Example Sentences

Very lights, anti-aircraft shells flashed brightly above them.

From Time Magazine Archive

Twenty-five minutes after the attack began, green Very lights arched over the crest.

From Time Magazine Archive

After the manœuvres the Gamma flew by night over Cambridge and bombarded that seat of learning with Very lights.

From The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force by Raleigh, Walter Alexander, Sir

Almost immediately red Very lights went up within a stone's-throw as it seemed to me.

From Pushed and the Return Push by Nichols, George Herbert Fosdike

Instantly the "Very" lights began to go up in scores, and hell broke loose.

From A Yankee in the Trenches by Holmes, Robert Derby