warlight

Noun

warlight (uncountable)

1. The light produced by acts of war, such as exploding bombs.
   • Methinks I see their sabers as they flashed in battle's sun, I seem to see the warlight fall on bayonet and gun; Before the farm-house gate I stand and listen for their tread, Forgetting that the mighty camps are guarded by the dead;1896, Loomis' Musical and Masonic Journal - Volumes 30-31, page 221
   • The issues of life and death have by the lurid warlight been forced upon our attention.1917, Catherine Gasquoine Hartley, Motherhood and the Relationships of the Sexes, page 32
2. A gleam in the eyes that reflects a fighting spirit.
   • They saw the warlight gleaming in his eyes as he looked round the ting.1894, James John Haldane Burgess, The Viking Path: A Tale of the White Christ, page 27
   • Cannot you prove your suspicions to be either false or true ? " asked the Head Master, making a mental note of the warlight in the boy's eyes.1912, The Boys Own Annual Vol 35, page 214