very pistol
1Very pistol — Very s night signals Ver y s night signals, or Very night signals Ver y night signals . [After Lieut. Samuel W. Very, who invented the system in 1877.] (Naut.) A system of signaling in which balls of red and green fire are fired from a pistol,… …
2Very pistol — noun Date: 1915 a pistol for firing Very lights …
3Very pistol — noun (C) the gun from which a Very light is shot …
4Very pistol — n. a gun for firing a Very light …
5Very night signals — Very s night signals Ver y s night signals, or Very night signals Ver y night signals . [After Lieut. Samuel W. Very, who invented the system in 1877.] (Naut.) A system of signaling in which balls of red and green fire are fired from a pistol,… …
6Very's night signals — Ver y s night signals, or Very night signals Ver y night signals . [After Lieut. Samuel W. Very, who invented the system in 1877.] (Naut.) A system of signaling in which balls of red and green fire are fired from a pistol, the arrangement in… …
7Very flare — Very flares (named after E. W. Very, 1847 ndash;1907, US inventor) were signal flares, fired from a pistol, used during World War I and World War II (and still used today). They were produced in three color variants: green, red, and white star .… …
8Very signal — or Very light [ver′ē, vir′ē] n. 〚after E. W. Very (1847 1910), U.S. ordnance expert, who invented it〛 a colored flare fired from a special pistol (Very pistol) for signaling at night * * * …
9Very signal — or Very light [ver′ē, vir′ē] n. [after E. W. Very (1847 1910), U.S. ordnance expert, who invented it] a colored flare fired from a special pistol (Very pistol) for signaling at night …
10Very lights — /ver ee/ a variety of colored signal flares, fired from a special pistol (Very pistol). [1910 15; after E. W. Very (1847 1907), U.S. inventor] * * * …
