Very lights
[ ver-ee ]
plural noun
a variety of colored signal flares, fired from a special pistol (Very pistol ).
Origin of Very lights
11910–15; after E. W. Very (1847–1907), U.S. inventor
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How to use Very lights in a sentence
Very lights were fired by the enemy continually, illuminating the whole country-side and making the work more hazardous than ever.
The History of the 51st (Highland) Division 1914-1918 | Frederick William BewsherHow weak she was when she turned the knob and entered––the Very lights seemed dancing around her.
Daisy Brooks | Laura Jean LibbeyAs it gets darker, the flashes of the guns and the Very lights' solemn brilliance illuminate the whole show like a map.
Letters to Helen | Keith HendersonHer eyes, her eyes were the Very lights of love, carrying passionate kisses on their beams.
Orientations | William Somerset MaughamThe Very lights burned deprecatingly, illuminating beauties upon which no eye gazed and for which no heart beat.
The Sword of Damocles | Anna Katharine Green
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