aphlogistic

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

APHLOGIS'TIC, adjective [Gr. inflammable.] Flameless; as an aphlogistic lamp, in which a coil of wire is kept in a state of continued ignition by alcohol, without flame.
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