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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PYROTECHNY

Pyr `o *tech `ny, n. Etym: [Cf. F. pyrotechnie. ]

 

1. The use and application of fire in science and the arts. [Obs. ] Sir M. Hale.

 

2. Same as Pyrotechnics.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

pyrotechny

py ro tech ny |ˈpīrəˌteknē ˈpaɪroʊtɛkni | ▶noun historical the use of fire in alchemy. • another term for pyrotechnics. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French pyrotechnie or modern Latin pyrotechnia, from Greek pur ‘fire ’ + tekhnē ‘art. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

pyrotechny

pyro |techny |ˈpʌɪrə | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 historical the use of fire in alchemy. 2 another term for pyrotechnics. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French pyrotechnie or modern Latin pyrotechnia, from Greek pur + tekhnē ‘art ’.