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Definition of Tourbillion
1. n. An ornamental firework which turns round, when in the air, so as to form a scroll of fire.
Definition of Tourbillion
1. Noun. (archaic) An ornamental firework that turns round in the air so as to form a scroll of fire. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tourbillion
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tourbillion
Literary usage of Tourbillion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Workshop Receipts by Ernest Spon (1906)
"Carry on the quick-match over the upper side of the tourbillion to the side hole
at the ... The tourbillion, if now ignited, will be sure to go somewhere, ..."
2. A Military Dictionary and Gazetteer: Comprising Ancient and Modern Military by Thomas Wilhelm (1881)
"The movable pieces are skyrockets, tourbillion», Saxons, jets, Roman candles,
... tourbillion.—The tourbillion is я caía filled with sky-rocket composition, ..."
3. The Life of John Locke: With Extracts from His Correspondence, Journals, and by Peter King King (1830)
"... showed me a new system of our tourbillion, wherein the centre of the sun
described a circle of the tourbillion, in which it made its periodical circuit, ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... discharging downwards impart an upward motion to the whole. A cross piece of
wood balancee the tourbillion ; and the quick-match and touch-paper an ..."
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