Very's night signals

plural noun

variants or less commonly Very night signals
: a system of signaling in which balls of red and green fire are fired from a pistol and their arrangement in groups denotes numbers having a code significance

Word History

Etymology

after Edward W. Very †1910 American naval officer

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“Very's night signals.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Very%27s%20night%20signals. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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