lighting
noun
the act of igniting or illuminating.
self-lighting
-
a word derived from
lighting.
Example Sentences
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“WANTED — Salesmen agents to sell the automatic, economy, self-lighting gas burners; everybody buys them; $10 per day easily made by live men; five prize medals awarded.”
From Washington Post ● Sep. 5, 2021
On this day in 1927, the Tucson Daily Star announced that Senor Juan Evaristo Anchondo had developed a self-lighting cigarette which was ignited by briskly rubbing the tip over a striking surface on the package.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 10, 2018
On this date in 1927, the Tucson Daily Star announced that Senor Juan Evaristo Anchondo had developed a self-lighting cigarette which was ignited by briskly rubbing the tip over a striking surface on the package.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 13, 2016
Coal-gas may be employed instead of hydrogen, and this has led to the application of the principle to self-lighting devices for igniting gas flames.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various
Ill., a music box and self-lighting pocket lamp for a miniature steam yacht.
From Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XII, Jan. 3, 1891 by James Elverson
