'Bude light' definitions:
Definition of 'Bude light'
From: GCIDE
- Bude light \Bude" light`\ [From Bude, in Cornwall, the residence of Sir G. Gurney, the inventor.] A light in which high illuminating power is obtained by introducing a jet of oxygen gas or of common air into the center of a flame fed with coal gas or with oil. [1913 Webster]