'Inflammable air' definitions:
Definition of 'Inflammable air'
From: GCIDE
- Inflammable \In*flam"ma*ble\, a. [CF. F. inflammable.]
- 1. Capable of being easily set fire; easily enkindled; combustible; as, inflammable oils or spirits. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Excitable; irritable; irascible; easily provoked; as, an inflammable temper. [1913 Webster]
- Inflammable air, the old chemical name for hydrogen. [1913 Webster]