blue lightn.

Brit.

/ˌbluː ˈlʌɪt/, U.S.

/ˌblu ˈlaɪt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blue adj., light n.¹

Etymology: < blue adj. + light n.¹ In sense 2 with reference to the belief that Federalists were using blue lights to signal British ships to warn them of blockade-runners. An account of a specific incident occurring near New London, Connecticut is described in S. Dacatur Let. (20 Dec. 1813) in Niles' Weekly Reg. (1814) 1 Jan. 302/1.

1. Nautical. A pyrotechnic preparation which burns with a blue flame and is used to send signals, esp. at night-time. Now historical.

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the world > matter > light > firework > [noun] > parts of

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sun case1765

choke1786

settle1873

touchpaper1873

wheel-case1875

lance1878

starting powder1886

pastille1890

society > communication > indication > signalling > visual signalling > luminous signals > [noun] > pyrotechnic signals

blue light1761

fire shell1765

Indian light1787

Bengal light1791

Indian fire1831

flare-up light1858

flare1883

Very1907

fairy light1916

Aldis lamp1917

Aldis1918

Bengal fire1941

flame float1942

Bengal flash1946

1761 R. O. Cambridge Acct. War in India 106 The guard which was nearest hoisted some blue lights (a composition they make in that country, of sulphur and antimony, which throws an exceeding clear light all around).

1805 Ld. Nelson in Dispatches & Lett. (1846) VII. 57 I had rather that all the Ships burnt a blue-light.

1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. ix. 117 Blue lights and Catherine-wheels..all firing away.

1883 Daily News 25 June 5/6 Rockets were at once sent up and blue lights and flare-ups burned.

1922 Red Sea & Gulf of Aden Pilot (ed. 2) i. 42 By night she must burn one or more blue lights and sound her whistle or siren, and await the arrival of the watch vessel.

2007 N. Mostert Line upon Wind xxxviii. 478 The British used blue lights that were particularly bright and penetrating in the dark.

2. U.S. colloquial (chiefly derogatory). A New England federalist who opposed the Anglo-American war of 1812–15; (later more generally) a federalist, a person perceived as disloyal. Frequently as a modifier. Now historical.

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society > authority > rule or government > politics > American politics > [noun] > principles or policies > adherents or supporters of

well-born1629

liberty boy1766

federalist1787

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Fed1788

monocrat1792

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blue light1814

dough face1820

colonizationist1823

slavite1831

hunker1849

states' righter1861

slavist1889

Little American1899

New Frontiersman1923

America Firster1927

new federalist1969

angry white male1991

angry white man1993

AWM1994

1814 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 14 Jan. It is the motives and measures I have described which have created the blue lights; that have butchered women and children, and set your houses in flames on the frontier.

1814 Niles' Weekly Reg. 5 Mar. 2/1 Our invincible and invaluable seamen..hate ‘blue-lights’ and traitors.

1838 B. Drake Tales & Sketches 91 An adventurer from the land of ‘blue lights’ and Hartford Conventions.

1844 Congress. Globe 6 Mar. App. 399/2 [He was] as rank a blue-light federal whig as ever justified the Hartford Convention, or worshipped a coon.

1847 Congress. Globe 20 Jan. App. 252/1 Where, tell me where, have you buried the sins of these ‘old blue lights’ of New Hampshire? With what magic wand have you changed their Federalism into modern Democracy?

1973 P. O'Brian HMS Surprise ix. 261 He had served under blue-light captains and he had gone into bloody action with psalms drifting in the wake, and he disliked it extremely.

2010 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 28 Oct. 40/2 The zealous ‘Blue Light’ Federalists, so called because they were thought to have alerted British warships of American sailings by flashing blue lights, mocked the war as a Republican folly.

3. A blue flashing light used on a police car, ambulance, or other emergency vehicle, typically when responding urgently to an incident.In the United Kingdom and much of the rest of Europe blue lights are standard for most emergency vehicles. Elsewhere there is often variation on a regional level or between emergency services: the use of red lights, or a combination of blue and red lights, is common.In earliest U.S. use (see e.g. quot. 1945) with reference to lights mounted on private vehicles belonging to emergency personnel.

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the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > artificial light defined by light-source > electric light > [noun] > flashing or on ambulances, etc.

blue light1945

turret-light1972

1945 Meyersdale (Pa.) Republican 13 Sept. 2/2 Many of these people would have given the right of way to firemen if there were some way they could recognize the firemen's cars, and the blue lights have been installed for that purpose.

1949 Lowell (Mass.) Sun 31 Mar. 29/5 On top of the [police] cruiser is a blinking red light and on the front is a flashing blue light.

1976 J. van de Wetering Tumbleweed (1987) i. 9 De Gier made way for the ambulance and, within seconds, for a white police Volkswagen. Both had their blue lights flashing.

2003 Independent 3 Sept. (Review section) 2/4 The other day control sent a crew to a person who had a straw stuck between their teeth. We had to respond with blue lights.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	blue light
释义	blue lightn. Brit. /ˌbluː ˈlʌɪt/, U.S. /ˌblu ˈlaɪt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blue adj., light n.¹ Etymology: < blue adj. + light n.¹ In sense 2 with reference to the belief that Federalists were using blue lights to signal British ships to warn them of blockade-runners. An account of a specific incident occurring near New London, Connecticut is described in S. Dacatur Let. (20 Dec. 1813) in Niles' Weekly Reg. (1814) 1 Jan. 302/1. 1. Nautical. A pyrotechnic preparation which burns with a blue flame and is used to send signals, esp. at night-time. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > firework > [noun] > parts of quill1629 report1653 red fire1680 cartouche1719 blue light1761 sun case1765 choke1786 settle1873 touchpaper1873 wheel-case1875 lance1878 starting powder1886 pastille1890 society > communication > indication > signalling > visual signalling > luminous signals > [noun] > pyrotechnic signals blue light1761 fire shell1765 Indian light1787 Bengal light1791 Indian fire1831 flare-up light1858 flare1883 Very1907 fairy light1916 Aldis lamp1917 Aldis1918 Bengal fire1941 flame float1942 Bengal flash1946 1761 R. O. Cambridge Acct. War in India 106 The guard which was nearest hoisted some blue lights (a composition they make in that country, of sulphur and antimony, which throws an exceeding clear light all around). 1805 Ld. Nelson in Dispatches & Lett. (1846) VII. 57 I had rather that all the Ships burnt a blue-light. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. ix. 117 Blue lights and Catherine-wheels..all firing away. 1883 Daily News 25 June 5/6 Rockets were at once sent up and blue lights and flare-ups burned. 1922 Red Sea & Gulf of Aden Pilot (ed. 2) i. 42 By night she must burn one or more blue lights and sound her whistle or siren, and await the arrival of the watch vessel. 2007 N. Mostert Line upon Wind xxxviii. 478 The British used blue lights that were particularly bright and penetrating in the dark. 2. U.S. colloquial (chiefly derogatory). A New England federalist who opposed the Anglo-American war of 1812–15; (later more generally) a federalist, a person perceived as disloyal. Frequently as a modifier. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > American politics > [noun] > principles or policies > adherents or supporters of well-born1629 liberty boy1766 federalist1787 anti1788 Fed1788 monocrat1792 anti-federal1805 blue light1814 dough face1820 colonizationist1823 slavite1831 hunker1849 states' righter1861 slavist1889 Little American1899 New Frontiersman1923 America Firster1927 new federalist1969 angry white male1991 angry white man1993 AWM1994 1814 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 14 Jan. It is the motives and measures I have described which have created the blue lights; that have butchered women and children, and set your houses in flames on the frontier. 1814 Niles' Weekly Reg. 5 Mar. 2/1 Our invincible and invaluable seamen..hate ‘blue-lights’ and traitors. 1838 B. Drake Tales & Sketches 91 An adventurer from the land of ‘blue lights’ and Hartford Conventions. 1844 Congress. Globe 6 Mar. App. 399/2 [He was] as rank a blue-light federal whig as ever justified the Hartford Convention, or worshipped a coon. 1847 Congress. Globe 20 Jan. App. 252/1 Where, tell me where, have you buried the sins of these ‘old blue lights’ of New Hampshire? With what magic wand have you changed their Federalism into modern Democracy? 1973 P. O'Brian HMS Surprise ix. 261 He had served under blue-light captains and he had gone into bloody action with psalms drifting in the wake, and he disliked it extremely. 2010 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 28 Oct. 40/2 The zealous ‘Blue Light’ Federalists, so called because they were thought to have alerted British warships of American sailings by flashing blue lights, mocked the war as a Republican folly. 3. A blue flashing light used on a police car, ambulance, or other emergency vehicle, typically when responding urgently to an incident.In the United Kingdom and much of the rest of Europe blue lights are standard for most emergency vehicles. Elsewhere there is often variation on a regional level or between emergency services: the use of red lights, or a combination of blue and red lights, is common.In earliest U.S. use (see e.g. quot. 1945) with reference to lights mounted on private vehicles belonging to emergency personnel. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > artificial light defined by light-source > electric light > [noun] > flashing or on ambulances, etc. blue light1945 turret-light1972 1945 Meyersdale (Pa.) Republican 13 Sept. 2/2 Many of these people would have given the right of way to firemen if there were some way they could recognize the firemen's cars, and the blue lights have been installed for that purpose. 1949 Lowell (Mass.) Sun 31 Mar. 29/5 On top of the [police] cruiser is a blinking red light and on the front is a flashing blue light. 1976 J. van de Wetering Tumbleweed (1987) i. 9 De Gier made way for the ambulance and, within seconds, for a white police Volkswagen. Both had their blue lights flashing. 2003 Independent 3 Sept. (Review section) 2/4 The other day control sent a crew to a person who had a straw stuck between their teeth. We had to respond with blue lights. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1761
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