noun
or pharaoh's serpents or pharaoh's serpents' eggs
Usage: usually capitalized P
: a firework consisting of pelleted mercury thiocyanate that on burning expands greatly to yield a porous serpentine ash
noun
or pharaoh's serpents or pharaoh's serpents' eggs
Usage: usually capitalized P
: a firework consisting of pelleted mercury thiocyanate that on burning expands greatly to yield a porous serpentine ash
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012