blue lighting

A form of blue light — A mixture of chemicals (including nitre, sulfur and antimony) used in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries for night-time signaling and general illumination.

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of blue light
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