Firework
['faɪəwɜːk] or ['faɪɚwɝk]
Definition
(noun.) (usually plural) a device with an explosive that burns at a low rate and with colored flames; can be used to illuminate areas or send signals etc..
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Definition
(n.) A device for producing a striking display of light, or a figure or figures in plain or colored fire, by the combustion of materials that burn in some peculiar manner, as gunpowder, sulphur, metallic filings, and various salts. The most common feature of fireworks is a paper or pasteboard tube filled with the combustible material. A number of these tubes or cases are often combined so as to make, when kindled, a great variety of figures in fire, often variously colored. The skyrocket is a common form of firework. The name is also given to various combustible preparations used in war.
(n.) A pyrotechnic exhibition.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To see fireworks, indicates enjoyment and good health. For a young woman, this dream signifies entertainments and pleasant visiting to distant places.
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Examples
- All large displays of fireworks are now fired by electricity and every known color and effect is produced by the pyrotechnist of the present day. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- They were not will-o'-the-wisps; they were not fireflies; they were not fireworks. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The time when the more complicated fireworks, which we owe both to Europe and the Orient, came into vogue in this country, no one perhaps could now definitely tell. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Old Fireworks, Sir; by which, I've no doubt, they meant you, Sir. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Strange sights are seen on the Fourth of July when variously colored fireworks are blazing. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- During his voyage in the East Indies he had laid in a supply of fireworks with which to celebrate the Fourth of July in a manner worthy an American captain. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In 1865 the first displays of fireworks in the United States, illustrating historical events, were made by a company in New York City. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- To make matters worse it was discovered that the paper wrappings of the fireworks in the box were on fire. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It is noteworthy that while almost every kind of fireworks is manufactured in Europe and the United States, the small firecrackers are still imported from China. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Fireworks now enter into the celebration of every important event in our national, political and business life. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Decimus Forthridge, of the American brig Independence, showed his Yankee pluck and resource in defeating an attack of Malay pirates with no other armament than fancy fireworks. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- After gunpowder was introduced in Europe, fireworks came into use on the continent, and the use of both explosives undoubtedly was learned from the Chinese. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It was about ten years before the Civil War that set pieces began to form a part of fireworks celebrations. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- But their inventions in these directions may be classed as fireworks, and have no material bearing on the modern art of Ordnance. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Fireworks were manufactured in Italy as early as 1540, and in France we have accounts of their employment in great celebrations between the years 1606 and 1739. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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