Lantern

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun ·see Aristotle's lantern.

II. Lantern ·noun A perforated barrel to form a core upon.

III. Lantern ·vt To furnish with a lantern; as, to lantern a lighthouse.

IV. Lantern ·noun A lantern pinion or trundle wheel. ·see Lantern pinion (below).

V. Lantern ·noun An open structure of light material set upon a roof, to give light and air to the interior.

VI. Lantern ·noun A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns.

VII. Lantern ·noun 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.

VIII. Lantern ·noun 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.

IX. Lantern ·noun 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.

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

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