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1. air balloon, n. View full entry 1749
...A type of firework; = balloon3. Obs....
2. asteroid, adj. and n. View full entry 1875
...Hence applied to a kind of fire-work....
3. balloon, n. View full entry 1629
...A hollow spherical firework designed to explode with a shower of bright sparks; = shell21d. Also attrib. in balloon-wheel. Obs....
4. banger, n.1 View full entry 1657
...He who or that which bangs; slang, an astounding lie, a ‘thumper’....
5. Bengal light in Bengal, n. View full entry 1791
...a kind of firework producing a steady and vivid blue-coloured light, used for signals; also fig. (see also quot. 1899)....
6. blue light in blue, adj. View full entry 1805
...a pyrotechnical composition which burns with a blue flame, used also at sea as a night-signal....
7. bottle rocket in bottle, n.2 View full entry 1939
...a type of small skyrocket firework, often discharged from an empty bottle....
8. bouncing, n. View full entry 1888
...Firework Manuf. (See quot.)...
9. bouquet, n. View full entry 1879
...A large flight of rockets, as the close of a firework display....
10. breaker, n.1 View full entry 1630
...A kind of firework. Obs....
11. ˈbrilliant, n.1 View full entry 1875
...A species of firework....
12. brimstone, n. View full entry 1866
...vegetable brimstone: the inflammable spores of Lycopodium clavatum and Selago, sometimes employed in the manufacture of fireworks....
13. Brock's benefit, n. View full entry 1920
...From the spectacular display of fireworks held annually at the Crystal Palace from 1865 to 1936: fireworks;a brilliant illumination at night, esp. in war, from searchlights,...
14. calcium light in calcium, n. View full entry 1864
...the lime-light....
15. cartouche, n. View full entry 1611
...A roll or case of paper, parchment, etc., containing the charge of powder and shot for a gun or pistol; a cartridge. ? Obs. Also, in Fireworks, the...
16. ˈcart-wheel, n. View full entry 1840
...A kind of fire-work. Cf. Catherine wheel3....
17. cascade, n. View full entry 1749
...A pyrotechnic device imitating a fall of water....
18. case, n.2 View full entry 1398
...The outer protective or covering part of anything, as the case of a watch, a fire-work, a sausage; a natural outer covering, sheath, or receptacle; e.g. a seed-vessel, the ‘case’...
19. Catherine wheel, n. View full entry 1761
...A kind of firework which rotates, while burning, in the manner of a wheel. (Also called pin-wheel.)...
20. choke, n.1 View full entry 1786
...A constriction; the part of the paper tube of a firework where it is compressed to form a stoppage. In a firearm = choke-bore (both senses). Cf. choke13...
