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Any one of several substances or mixtures which phosphoresce or ignite spontaneously on exposure to air, as a heated mixture of alum, potash, and charcoal, or a mixture of charcoal and finely divided lead.

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  1. n. Any one of several substances or mixtures which phosphoresce or ignite spontaneously on exposure to air, as a heated mixture of alum, potash, and charcoal, or a mixture of charcoal and finely divided lead.
  2. Any one of several substances or mixtures which phosphoresce or ignite spontaneously on exposure to air, as a heated mixture of alum, potash, and charcoal, or a mixture of charcoal and finely divided lead.
  3. Any one of several substances or mixtures which phosphoresce orignite spontaneously on exposure to air, as a heated mixture of alum,potash, and charcoal, or a mixture of charcoal and finely dividedlead.
  4. n tropical click beetles