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▪ I. reˈlight, v.|riː-|
[re- 5 a.]
1. trans. To illumine, kindle, or ignite again.
1645Evelyn Diary [8 Feb.] A torch being extinguished neere it, and lifted a little distance, was suddainely relighted. 1725Pope Odyss. ix. 609 His pow'r can heal me, and re⁓light my eye. a1802E. Darwin in J. G. Strutt Sylva Brit. (1822) 2 You, who have seen..Ten thousand times yon moon relight her horn. 1856Kane Arct. Expl. I. xxxii. 450 Our only hope of heat was in re-lighting our lamp. 1872Aubrey de Vere Leg. St. Patrick, Striving, Nor of his victory had he joy..Nor of that heaven relit.
2. intr. To take fire again, rekindle. Also fig.
1849C. Brontë Shirley xviii, The desire..relit suddenly, and glowed warm in her heart. c1865J. Wylde in Circ. Sc. I. 314/1 It will immediately re-light.
▪ II. ˈrelight, n. Aeronaut.
[f. the vb.]
A re-ignition of a jet engine in flight. Usu. attrib.
1945J. Grierson Jet Flight iv. 101 The fuel should be shut off for a minute or so in order to blow surplus fuel out of the engine before the relight. 1955Mangham & Peace Jet Engine Man. vi. 100 The relight button..enables the ignition circuit to be energised without the starter motor. 1976B. Jackson Flameout (1977) ii. iv. 69 A thorough examination of the relight systems, every fuel valve, and every fuel feed pipe. 1977[see relighting vbl. n.]. 1977R.A.F. News 11–24 May 11/1 Flt Lt Harry Apiafi..suffered a flame out in the Canberra's starboard engine... While attempting a relight, Harry lost the other engine as well. |