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Definition: CERAUNOSCOPE

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. An instrument or apparatus employed in the ancient mysteries to imitate thunder and lightning.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Ceraunoscope" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Ceraunoscope \Ce*rau"no*scope\, noun. [Greek expression thunder and lightning -scope.]. (references)

Definition: CERAUNOSCOPE

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. An instrument or apparatus employed in the ancient mysteries to imitate thunder and lightning.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "CERAUNOSCOPE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Ceraunoscope \Ce*rau"no*scope\, noun. [Greek expression thunder and lightning -scope.]. (references)