Found 2 items, similar to Very pistol.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Very pistol Very pistol n : a pistol for firing Very-light flares [syn: Verey pistol]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Very pistol Very's night signals \Ver"y's night signals\, or Very night signals \Ver"y night signals\ . [After Lieut. Samuel W. Very, who invented the system in 1877.] (Naut.) A system of signaling in which balls of red and green fire are fired from a pistol, the arrangement in groups denoting numbers having a code significance. The pistol used to fire the signal flare is called a Very pistol. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]