promethean

promethean is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

Definitions

  1. 1.Having a life-giving quality; inspiring.
  2. 2.(a) An apparatus for automatic ignition. (b) A kind of lucifer match.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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