match, lucifer, friction match
(noun) lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction; “he always carries matches to light his pipe”; “as long you’ve a lucifer to light your fag”
Satan, Old Nick, Devil, Lucifer, Beelzebub, the Tempter, Prince of Darkness
(noun) (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
Source: WordNet® 3.1
lucifer (plural lucifers)
(British, archaic) A self-igniting match, ie. one which could be lit by striking on any surface (as opposed to safety matches which only light against the material on the side of the box).
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Lucifer
(literary) The planet Venus as the daystar.
Synonym: Phosphorus
Antonym: Vesper
(biblical) The King of Babylon who named himself after the planet Venus as mentioned in the King James Version of Isaiah 14:12.
A name applied to Satan by mistake by misinterpreting Isaiah 14:12.
Synonym: Thesaurus:Satan
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Source: Wiktionary
Lu"ci*fer, n. Etym: [L., bringing light, n., the morning star, fr. lux, lucis, light + ferre to bring.]
1. The planet Venus, when appearing as the morning star; -- applied in Isaiah by a metaphor to a king of Babylon. How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning ! how art thou cut down to the ground which didst weaken the nations ! Is. xiv. 12. Tertullian and Gregory the Great understood this passage of Isaiah in reference to the fall of Satan; in consequence of which the name Lucifer has since been applied to, Satan. Kitto.
2. Hence, Satan. How wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favors! . . . When he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again. Shak.
3. A match made of a sliver of wood tipped with a combustible substance, and ignited by friction; -- called also lucifer match, and locofoco. See Locofoco.
4. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A genus of free-swimming macruran Crustacea, having a slender body and long appendages.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 December 2024
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
