Very lights

[ ver-ee ]

plural noun

1. a variety of colored signal flares, fired from a special pistol Very pistol.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Very lights¹

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

Example Sentences

Half a dozen Very lights went up in rapid succession: we were discovered!

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As he spoke, three green Very lights came from the cockpit of the plane.

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

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

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No lights could be shown, they did not even dare use "Very lights," as our "star-lights" are known.

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