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Definition of Ignites
1. ignite [v] - See also: ignite
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ignites
Literary usage of Ignites
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Electrical Engineer's Pocket-book: A Hand-book of Useful Data for by Horatio Alvah Foster (1908)
"An electric current of specified strength reddens the bridge, ignites the gun
cotton, and fires the fuse. The commercial fuse (Fig. ..."
2. A Descriptive Dictionary of British Malaya by Nicholas Belfield Dennys (1894)
"A fine powder is rubbed away and this ignites. Bamboo is also used as a flint
with tinder. The all-pervading match, however, is alone used in all districts ..."
3. English Mechanic and World of Science: With which are Incorporated "the (1893)
"The taper is extinguished, however, inside the jar, but again ignites at the
month on withdrawing the taper. This shows that hydrogen, ..."
4. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge by ed Andrew Findlater, John Merry Ross (1868)
"On the other hand, small-grained powder ignites more slowly, and burns with
greater speed. ... ignites ..."
5. A Glossary of Terms Used in the Coal Trade of Northumberland and Durham by George Clementson Greenwell (1888)
"end open, it follows that when a light is applied to the latter, the kitty, after
the manner of a miniature rocket, flies along the pricker-hole and ignites ..."
6. Appleton's New Practical Cyclopedia: A New Work of Reference Based Upon the by George J Hagar (1910)
"At night an automatic device by which the throwing overboard of the life- preserver
ignites a fuse which cannot be put out by the water shows by its light ..."
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