A similar device used to ignite an explosive or launch a rocket, etc.
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(military) A small firework that is intended to spew sparks rather than explode.
English Navy squibs set fire to two dozen enemy ships in a Dutch harbor during the 16th-century battle against the Spanish Armada.
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(mining) A kind of slow match or safety fuse.
November 1, 1709, Richard Steele, The Tatler
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