Lantern
English Translation from English to English dictionary online for the word Lantern
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1 n.
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.
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2 n.
An open structure of light material set upon a roof, to give light and air to the interior.
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3 n.
A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns.
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4 n.
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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5 n.
A lantern pinion or trundle wheel. See Lantern pinion (below).
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6 n.
A kind of cage inserted in a stuffing box and surrounding a piston rod, to separate the packing into two parts and form a chamber between for the reception of steam, etc. ; -- called also lantern brass.
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7 n.
A perforated barrel to form a core upon.
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8 n.
See Aristotle's lantern.
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9 v. t.
To furnish with a lantern; as, to lantern a lighthouse.
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10 n.
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.
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11 n.
An open structure of light material set upon a roof, to give light and air to the interior.
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12 n.
A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns.
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13 n.
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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14 n.
A lantern pinion or trundle wheel. See Lantern pinion (below).
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15 n.
A kind of cage inserted in a stuffing box and surrounding a piston rod, to separate the packing into two parts and form a chamber between for the reception of steam, etc. ; -- called also lantern brass.
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16 n.
A perforated barrel to form a core upon.
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17 n.
See Aristotle's lantern.
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18 v. t.
To furnish with a lantern; as, to lantern a lighthouse.