▪ I. helio1
(ˈhiːlɪəʊ)
colloq. abbrev. of heliograph n. and v. a. gen.
| 1893 R. Kipling Many Invent. 30, I used to put my signaller under arrest to prevent him reading the helio-orders. 1897 Daily News 4 Sept. 5/4 Messages had to be helio'd under a hot fire at short range. |
b. spec.= heliograph n. 4 b.
| 1886 Kipling Departm. Ditties (1904) 23 All honour unto Bangs, for n'er did Jones thereafter know By word or act official who read off that helio. 1901 ‘Linesman’ Words by Eyewitness (1902) 32 Then another helio, spelt out painfully by the frowning, staring signallers, ‘Very hard pressed’. |
▪ II. helio2
[colloq. abbrev. of heliotrope.]
= heliotrope 1 d.
| 1894 T. Eaton & Co. Catal. Spring & Summer 31/3 Pink, sky and helio. printed pique vest. 1922 Daily Mail 22 Nov. 5 Very exceptional value with Blue or Black or Helio border. 1928 Ibid. 31 July 1/3 Dainty..Dressing Jackets in Pink, Apple and Helio. |