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Definition of Relights
1. relight [v] - See also: relight
Lexicographical Neighbors of Relights
Literary usage of Relights
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Inorganic Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical : with an Introduction to the by William Jago (1896)
"Brick-red powder—turns black, greyish sublimate; insert glowing splinter in tube —
relights. Resulting bodies : mercury and oxygen ; body is HgO. 5. ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Society for Psychical Research by American Society for Psychical Research (1912)
"It is not a steady light if you know what I mean. It is all right for a time and
then suddenly goes down and then relights [read ' blights '] relights ..."
3. Electric Light Fitting: A Handbook for Working Electrical Engineers by John W. Urquhart (1898)
"Should the carbons burn so that the light is thrown upwards, the wires must be
reversed at the machine. If the lamp goes out and relights itself frequently, ..."
4. Electric Light Fitting: A Handbook for Working Electrical Engineers by John W. Urquhart (1890)
"If the lamp goes out and relights itself frequently, or a pumping action of the
regulator takes place, it is a sure sign of the current being too weak, ..."
5. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"Everything is as it was before the appearance of the Angels, The Sister of Mercy
is seated beside the bed in which Hannele is lying. She relights the candle ..."
6. The Popular Science Monthly (1887)
"In his description of this lamp, the inventor sums up its qualities by saying : "
It lights and relights itself as often as is required ; it only requires ..."
7. The Popular Science Monthly (1895)
"As soon as the miner goes back into a somewhat purer atmosphere, the still burning
hydrogen relights the oil flame, and the miner is not left in complete ..."
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