Word Meanings - LANTERN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A lantern pinion or trundle wheel. See Lantern pinion . (more info) 1. Something inclosing a light, and protecting it from wind, rain, etc. ; -- sometimes portable, as a closed vessel or case of horn, perforated tin, glass, oiled paper, or other

Additional info about word: LANTERN

A lantern pinion or trundle wheel. See Lantern pinion . (more info) 1. Something inclosing a light, and protecting it from wind, rain, etc. ; -- sometimes portable, as a closed vessel or case of horn, perforated tin, glass, oiled paper, or other material, having a lamp or candle within; sometimes fixed, as the glazed inclosure of a street light, or of a lighthouse light. An open structure of light material set upon a roof, to give light and air to the interior. A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns. A smaller and secondary cupola crowning a larger one, for ornament, or to admit light; such as the lantern of the cupola of the Capitol at Washington, or that of the Florence cathedral.

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• OILLET
  A small opening or loophole, sometimes circular, used in mediæval fortifications. A small circular opening, and ring of moldings surrounding it, used in window tracery in Gothic architecture.
• OTHERGUISE; OTHERGUESS
  Of another kind or sort; in another way. "Otherguess arguments." Berkeley.
• GLASSEN
  Glassy; glazed. And pursues the dice with glassen eyes. B. Jonson.
• PROTECT
  To cover or shield from danger or injury; to defend; to guard; to preserve in safety; as, a father protects his children. The gods of Greece protect you! Shak. Syn. -- To guard; shield; preserve. See Defend.
• LIGHTSOME
  1. Having light; lighted; not dark or gloomy; bright. White walls make rooms more lightsome than black. Bacon. 2. Gay; airy; cheering; exhilarating. That lightsome affection of joy. Hooker. -- Light"some*ly, adv. -- Light"some*ness, n. Happiness
• OILNUT
  The buffalo nut. See Buffalo nut, under Buffalo. Note: The name is also applied to various nuts and seeds yielding oil, as the butternut, cocoanut, oil-palm nut.
• CLOSEHANDED
  Covetous; penurious; stingy; closefisted. -- Close"hand`ed*ness, n.
• SOMETIMES
  1. Formerly; sometime. That fair and warlike form In which the majesty of buried Denmark Did sometimes march. Shak. 2. At times; at intervals; now and then;occasionally. It is good that we sometimes be contradicted. Jer. Taylor. Sometimes . . .
• PORTABLENESS
  The quality or state of being portable; portability.
• OIL
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• LIGHT-ARMED
  Armed with light weapons or accouterments.
• PERFORATA
  A division of corals including those that have a porous texture, as Porites and Madrepora; -- opposed to Aporosa. A division of Foraminifera, including those having perforated shells.
• PROTECTRESS; PROTECTRIX
  A woman who protects.
• INCLOSER
  One who, or that which, incloses; one who fences off land from common grounds.
• LIGHTERAGE
  1. The price paid for conveyance of goods on a lighter. 2. The act of unloading into a lighter, or of conveying by a lighter.
• LIGHT-O'-LOVE
  1. An old tune of a dance, the name of which made it a proverbial expression of levity, especially in love matters. Nares. "Best sing it to the tune of light-o'-love." Shak. 2. Hence: A light or wanton woman. Beau. & Fl.
• GLASSINESS
  The quality of being glassy.
• GLASSWORT
  A seashore plant of the Spinach family , with succulent jointed stems; also, a prickly plant of the same family , both formerly burned for the sake of the ashes, which yield soda for making glass and soap.
• GLASS-ROPE
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• WHEELBIRD
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• NOTOTHERIUM
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• CATHERINE WHEEL
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• UNDERSOIL
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• SUPPORTABLE
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• DELIGHTING
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• DISEMBROIL
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• OPINIONATOR
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• ISOGEOTHERMAL; ISOGEOTHERMIC
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• CYCLOSTYLE
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• SMOTHER
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• FOUR-WHEELER
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• UNCLOSE
  1. To open; to separate the parts of; as, to unclose a letter; to unclose one's eyes. 2. To disclose; to lay open; to reveal.
• DRUMMOND LIGHT
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• ENCLOSE
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• ISOTHEROMBROSE
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• OVERBOIL
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