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Very pistol   /vˈɛri pˈɪstəl/   Listen
noun
Very night signals, Very's night signals  n.  (Naut.) A system of signaling in which balls of red and green fire are fired from a pistol, the arrangement in groups denoting numbers having a code significance. The pistol used to fire the signal flare is called a Very pistol.





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"Very pistol" Quotes from Famous Books



... pistol, Captain Vincent, nor will I go below; that very pistol, in my hand, saved you from the fangs of the blood-hound. I tell you, therefore, that you must not destroy that innocent child—if you love me, you must not; for I will hate, detest, and scorn you ever ...
— Percival Keene • Frederick Marryat


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