What is a pasteboard shell used in signaling. It is filled with a composition which makes a brilliant light when it explodes. Farrow called?
candlebomb — A pasteboard shell used in signaling. It is filled with a composition which makes a brilliant light when it explodes. Farrow. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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