Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PY-ROPH'O-RUS
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PY-ROPH'O-RUS, n. [Gr. πυρ, fire, and φορος, bearing.]
A substance which takes fire on exposure to air, or which maintains or retains light. – Thomson.
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