† elychniousadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Of the nature of a wick. (Erroneously explained by Blount.)
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elychnious1646
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xiv. 140 Men practise to make long Snasts or Elychnious parts for lampes, out of Alumen plumosum.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Elychnious, that hath no match or light, without a wick.
1775 in J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang.
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