Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PRO-ME'THE-AN
PRO-ME-THE'ANPROM'I-NENCE, or PROM'I-NEN-CY
PRO-ME'THE-AN, n.
A glass tube containing sulphuric acid, and surrounded by an inflammable mixture, which it ignites on being pressed. – Brande.
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