Word Meanings - BEACON - Book Publishers vocabulary database

baken, beken, sign, signal, D. baak, OHG. bouhhan, G. bake; of 1. A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning. No flaming beacons cast their blaze afar. Gay. 2. A signal or conspicuous

Additional info about word: BEACON

baken, beken, sign, signal, D. baak, OHG. bouhhan, G. bake; of 1. A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning. No flaming beacons cast their blaze afar. Gay. 2. A signal or conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners. 3. A high hill near the shore. 4. That which gives notice of danger. Modest doubt is called The beacon of the wise. Shak. Beacon fire, a signal fire.

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• SIGNALIZE
  1. To make signal or eminent; to render distinguished from what is common; to distinguish. It is this passion which drives men to all the ways we see in use of signalizing themselves. Burke. 2. To communicate with by means of a signal; as, a ship
• FLAMINEOUS
  Pertaining to a flamen; flaminical.
• CONSPICUOUS
  1. Open to the view; obvious to the eye; easy to be seen; plainly visible; manifest; attracting the eye. It was a rock Of alabaster, piled up to the clouds, Conspicious far. Milton. Conspicious by her veil and hood, Signing the cross, the abbess
• NOTICE
  1. The act of noting, remarking, or observing; observation by the senses or intellect; cognizance; note. How ready is envy to mingle with the notices we take of other persons ! I. Watts. 2. Intelligence, by whatever means communicated; knowledge
• FLAMINICAL
  Pertaining to a flamen. Milton.
• FLAMMIFEROUS
  Producing flame.
• COMMONLY
  1. Usually; generally; ordinarily; frequently; for the most part; as, confirmed habits commonly continue trough life. 2. In common; familiary. Spenser.
• FLAMING
  1. Emitting flames; afire; blazing; consuming; illuminating. 2. Of the color of flame; high-colored; brilliant; dazzling. "In flaming yellow bright." Prior. 3. Ardent; passionate; burning with zeal; irrepressibly earnest; as, a flaming proclomation
• NOTIFY
  1. To make known; to declare; to publish; as, to notify a fact to a person. No law can bind till it be notified or promulged. Sowth. 2. To give notice to; to inform by notice; to apprise; as, the constable has notified the citizens to meet at the
• FLAMBOYER
  A name given in the East and West Indies to certain trees with brilliant blossoms, probably species of Cæsalpinia.
• APPROACHABLENESS
  The quality or state of being approachable; accessibility.
• SIGNALLY
  In a signal manner; eminently.
• FLAMELET
  A small flame. The flamelets gleamed and flickered. Longfellow.
• BLAZER
  One who spreads reports or blazes matters abroad. "Blazers of crime." Spenser.
• SIGNAL
  1. A sign made for the purpose of giving notice to a person of some occurence, command, or danger; also, a sign, event, or watchword, which has been agreed upon as the occasion of concerted action. All obeyed The wonted signal and superior voice
• FLAMMATION
  The act of setting in a flame or blaze. Sir. T. Browne.
• WARNSTORE
  To furnish. "To warnstore your house." Chaucer.
• APPROACHLESS
  Impossible to be approached.
• FLAMMEOUS
  Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, flame. Sir T. Browne.
• FLAMBEAU
  A flaming torch, esp. one made by combining together a number of thick wicks invested with a quick-burning substance (anciently, perhaps, wax; in modern times, pitch or the like); hence, any torch. (more info) flame, for flamble, from L. flammula
• INFLAMER
  The person or thing that inflames. Addison.
• DISINFLAME
  To divest of flame or ardor. Chapman.
• INFLAMED
  Represented as burning, or as adorned with tongues of flame. (more info) 1. Set on fire; enkindled; heated; congested; provoked; exasperated.
• BLOCK SIGNAL
  One of the danger signals or safety signals which guide the movement of trains in a block system. The signal is often so coupled with a switch that act of opening or closing the switch operates the signal also.
• FOREWARN
  To warn beforehand; to give previous warning, admonition, information, or notice to; to caution in advance. We were forewarned of your coming. Shak.
• INFLAMMABILLTY
  Susceptibility of taking fire readily; the state or quality of being inflammable.
• EMBLAZE
  Etym: 1. To adorn with glittering embellishments. No weeping orphan saw his father's stores Our shrines irradiate, or emblaze the floors. Pope. 2. To paint or adorn with armorial figures; to blazon, or emblazon. The imperial ensign, . . . streaming
• WEATHER SIGNAL
  Any signal giving information about the weather. The system used by the United States Weather Bureau includes temperature, cold or hot wave, rain or snow, wind direction, storm, and hurricane signals.