davy

Speech parts

1. davy - Noun

2. Davy - Proper noun

Meaning

English chemist who was a pioneer in electrochemistry and who used it to isolate elements sodium and potassium and barium and boron and calcium and magnesium and chlorine (1778-1829)

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

devi Davis Dewey sacrament dodd adjuration sea devil Humphrey Davy Sir Humphrey Davy

Phrases with the word

davy safety lamp davy jones locker of davy jones of davy jones locker

Examples

I'm related to Davy Crockett on my mom's side. Honest. Libba Bray

I am richer than Davy Crockett. I can settle back and do what I want to do. And what I want to do is card tricks and magic. Harry Anderson

The principles upon which a safety lamp might be constructed I stated to several persons long before Sir Humphrey Davy came into this part of the country. George Stephenson

I never stopped thinking about the Alamo from that day to this. I'm a huge collector of memorabilia. I've got Davy Crockett's bullet pouch. I've got Colonel Travis's belt. Phil Collins

I've got one of four known Davy Crocket rifles. It's fantastic just to know it's one of the rifles that he actually used. His cousin had it. Phil Collins

When I was 8 years old, I made my own encyclopedia of American biography - Johnny Appleseed, Jim Bowie, Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone, Charles Lindbergh, my pantheon of favorite heroes. Then I would write my own things and sew them together and try to make my own book. Douglas Brinkley

Close letter words and terms

Davtyan davul Davutoglu Davy Crockett Davy Crockett cap Davy Crockett hat