Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any contrivance for obtaining light, as lucifer-matches, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun archaic A contrivance for obtaining a light instantaneously, such as a lucifer match.
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