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

Anyhow for quite a spell afterwards they were very "windy" and would send up the "Very" lights on the slightest provocation and start the "typewriters" a-rattling.

From A Yankee in the Trenches by Holmes, Robert Derby

As we swung out along the once good but now badly furrowed French road, we could see the Very lights beginning to go up far off to the left, showing where the lines were.

From A Yankee in the Trenches by Holmes, Robert Derby

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

From A Yankee in the Trenches by Holmes, Robert Derby