Davyn.1
/ˈdeɪvi/, U.S. /ˈdeɪvi/ The miner's safety-lamp invented by Sir Humphry Davy, in which the flame is surrounded with wire-gauze, so as to prevent its communication to explosive gases outside the lamp.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > mining equipment > [noun] > lamp
pitman candle1658
fire lamp1769
steel mill1772
safe lamp1815
safe lantern1815
safety lamp1815
safety lantern1815
safe light1816
Davy1817
lamp1839
Geordie1844
pit lamp1860
flame-lamp1888
the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > [noun] > lamp > with a protected flame > in coal mines
safe lamp1815
safety lamp1815
safety lantern1815
safe light1816
Davy1817
1817 Faraday in B. Jones Life I. 214 The great desideratum of a lamp to afford light with safety:..merely to refer to that which alone has been found efficacious, the Davy.
1880 C. M. Mason Forty Shires 15 The men find fault with the Davy.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
davyn.2
/ˈdeɪvi/, U.S. /ˈdeɪvi/ slang.
= affidavit n., esp. in to take one's davy (= ‘to take one's oath’).
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the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [verb (intransitive)] > swear or take an oath
sweara900
sacrec1380
oathc1450
bread and salt1575
to take one's davy1764
buff1819
society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > evidence > [noun] > documentary evidence > types of
green waxa1350
estreatc1440
streatc1440
right1478
affidavit1515
constat1570
exhibit1702
davy1764
1764 K. O'Hara Midas ii. iv. (Farmer) And I with my davy will back it, I'll swear.
1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (at cited word) I'll take my davy of it.
1871 M. Collins Marquis & Merchant I. vi. 210 [They] take their solemn oath and davy that they didn't do it.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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