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Word Meanings - LIGHTER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One who, or that which, lights; as, a lighter of lamps.

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  • 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
    See ECLAMPSIA

 

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