DRUMMOND-LIGHT

\dɹˈʌməndlˈa͡ɪt], \dɹˈʌməndlˈa‍ɪt], \d_ɹ_ˈʌ_m_ə_n_d_l_ˈaɪ_t]\
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  • drum'ond-l[=i]t, n. the lime-light or oxy-hydrogen light invented by Captain T. Drummond (1797-1840). [See LIME-LIGHT.]
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

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