Word Meanings - LIGHTER - Book Publishers vocabulary database
One who, or that which, lights; as, a lighter of lamps.
Related words: (words related to LIGHTER)
- 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 - 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. - WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town. - WHICH
the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who. - LIGHTERMAN
A person employed on, or who manages, a lighter. - LIGHTSTRUCK
Damaged by accidental exposure to light; light-fogged; -- said of plates or films. - LIGHTER
One who, or that which, lights; as, a lighter of lamps. - LIGHTS
The lungs of an animal or bird; -- sometimes coarsely applied to the lungs of a human being. - LAMPLIGHTER
The calico bass. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, lights a lamp; esp., a person who lights street lamps. - FLIGHTER
A horizontal vane revolving over the surface of wort in a cooler, to produce a circular current in the liquor. Knight. - ECLAMPSIA
A fancied perception of flashes of light, a symptom of epilepsy; hence, epilepsy itself; convulsions. Note: The term is generally restricted to a convulsive affection attending pregnancy and parturition, and to infantile convulsions. - COSTON LIGHTS
Signals made by burning lights of different colors and used by vessels at sea, and in the life-saving service; -- named after their inventor. - PLIGHTER
One who, or that which, plights. - DELIGHTSOME
Very pleasing; delightful. "Delightsome vigor." Grew. Ye shall be a delightsome land, . . . saith the Lord. Mal. iii. 12. -- De*light"some*ly, adv. -- De*light"some*ness, n. - SLIGHTER
One who slights. - MOONLIGHTER
moonlight; as: A moonshiner. In Ireland, one of a band that engaged in agrarian outrages by night. A serenader by moonlight. - DELIGHTER
One who gives or takes delight. - ECLAMPSY
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