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Named after Edward Wilson Very, a 19th-century US naval officer.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Very pistol
Today it means: A single-shot breech-loading snub-nosed flare gun. Full definition →
Today it means: A single-shot breech-loading snub-nosed flare gun. Full definition →
Named after Edward Wilson Very, a 19th-century US naval officer.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.