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What is a davy?

What is a davy? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. An affidavit, a legally binding statement or oath
  2. A davy lamp, more often capitalized as Davy lamp, a type of safety lamp
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And you'd have thought they'd at least shed a tear or two when their old man vanishes into Davy Jones's locker.
The miner knew the old davy was safer than any open flame, but far riskier than a modern flashlight.
He also developed the innovative davy lamp for use in coal mines.
In 1583, the Stratford officials contributed to a performance given at Whitsuntide by local amateurs and organized by one Davy Jones.
In 1802, Davy showed that artificial light was produced by passing electrical current through a platinum wire.
You and me should get on well, Hawkins, for I'll take my davy I should be rated ship's boy.

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