vesuvian

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In this position he took out a cigar, lighted it with a vesuvian, and, regardless of the increased motion imparted to him at his greater elevation, he began to smoke.

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  1. noun A slow-burning match formerly used for lighting cigars; a fusee.
  2. adjective Marked by sudden or violent outbursts: a vesuvian temper.

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  • In this position he took out a cigar, lighted it with a vesuvian, and, regardless of the increased motion imparted to him at his greater elevation, he began to smoke. —  Doctor Claudius, A True Story
  • He took a vesuvian out of a curious brown hollowed nut-shell, mounted in gold (the beach-comber, like —  In the Wrong Paradise
  • The Duke's vesuvian was sputtering in the spray and wind, and he got a good light before he answered. —  Doctor Claudius, A True Story
  • observed the barrister, gladly taking advantage of the permission and striking a vesuvian, his pipe being already loaded and ready. —  Bob Strong's Holidays Adrift in the Channel
  • "I suppose the smell of tobacco won't frighten the fish?" observed the barrister, gladly taking advantage of the permission and striking a vesuvian, his pipe being already loaded and ready. —  Bob Strong's Holidays Adrift in the Channel
 

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