lucifer

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Having lighted it by a lucifer, and ascertained that it was "true in draft," he resumed his reins and remarked --

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  1. The planet Venus, when appearing as the morning star; -- applied in Isaiah by a metaphor to a king of Babylon.

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  1. lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction
  2. a planet (usually Venus) seen just before sunrise in the eastern sky
  3. (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell

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  • [On the cover:] Ayez la bonte de m'envoyer a lucifer-match bottle and matches from Rospini, ou en portez avec vous, puisque de celle de Kaernthnerthor on ne veut pas faire usage . —  Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826
  • We should all learn to sit down and shut up and acknowledge that lucifer is all good and all evil and that the death of those who are now fighting amongst our selves and believing all the lies and generating the fear vibrations for lucifer's friends to feed off of is good and evil and pure and death giving. —  Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com
  • Treat it like a lucifer, sir; give it a sharp rub and make it go off. —  Jack at Sea All Work and no Play made him a Dull Boy
  • I groped my way to the closet--lucifer matches were unknown in those days--I seized one of the golf clubs, which are shod with iron, and thundered on the bedroom door till I brought my father, followed by the whole household, to my aid. —  Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville
  • BLAND To JIMMIE._] Bring you anything JIMMIE Wrapping the puff in the handkerchief tenderly and slipping it into her bosom._] A liqueur of petrol and a lucifer-match BLAND Leaving her._] Oh, go on MRS. STIDULPH To VON RETTENMAYER._] And then to give it all up, as I was idiot enough to do when I married, and for a life as dull as ditch-water! —  The 'Mind the Paint' Girl A Comedy in Four Acts
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