Definition of "gaslight" []

• Light produced by burning illuminating gas. (noun)
• A gas burner or lamp. (noun)

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• "If I ever receive a copy I will most certainly eat it up just like that. *grin* I think that the genre is called gaslight, but I am not so sure really."
• "The inner wall must either be gaslight at the base or rest on a ring of "gaslight" mortar (h)."
• "Particularly notable is the open announcement that s/he would "gaslight" my predecessor to the bitter end, and explicitly telling untentured faculty that if s/he did not do EXACTLY as the bully said, said untenured faculty member would not be receiving tenure."