dark brownish-red.

Chiefly British .

a loudly exploding firework consisting of a cardboard container filled with gunpowder.

a similar firework used as a danger or warning signal, as by railway brakemen.

verb

care , help , maintain , rescue , save , take care

verb

beach , cast ashore , cast away , desert , forsake , isolate , leave , leave high and dry , strand , abandon , enisle , peer , shipwreck