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Blue fire

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(Pyrotech.) compositions of various combustible substances, as sulphur, niter, lampblack, etc., the flames of which are colored by various metallic salts, as those of antimony, strontium, barium, etc.

See also: Fire



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Here's this poor old innocent bird o' mine swearing blue fire, and none the wiser, you may lay to that.
Treasure Island by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
Lastly, with a few tumbling clots of blue fire, the night closed in dark again, the wheels of the steamer were heard revolving, and her lights glided smoothly away in the direction of the sea.
Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles View in context
His hands were clenched, and the pupils of his eyes were like disks of blue fire.
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