Brass & Gas
(1) Wheezing sound made as your stove runs out of fuel.
(2) Whistling sound coming from your nose when it's full of goop.
(3) Brand of brass, white-gas-burning Swedish stove first made around 1880 and only recently discontinued, then maybe not again. Anyhow, last listed a few years back by Recreational Equipment Inc. as the "Optimus Climber Svea 123R." I used to have one. Fun. Made in Sweden. Noisy. Ran incredibly hot. Pretty small overall.
(4) A Swedish female name, popular during the first half of the 20th century. Also "Mother Svea", the Swedish national emblem and the female personification of Sweden. (Yay, more or less then — yet another woman who can beat me up without breaking a sweat.)
Refs:
Svea 123
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Me? Got gas? No, just a mild case of svea.
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definitions: outdoor terms
fiyh: dave's little guide to ultralight backpacking stoves
boyb: dave's little guide to backpacks
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