candlebomb

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candlebomb - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Candlebomb \Can"dle*bomb`\, n.
     1. A small glass bubble, filled with water, which, if placed
        in the flame of a candle, bursts by expansion of steam.
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     2. A pasteboard shell used in signaling. It is filled with a
        composition which makes a brilliant light when it
        explodes. --Farrow.
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