Definitions of lantern
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To
furnish
with
a
lantern.
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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.
-
A
lantern
pinion
or
trundle
wheel.
See
Lantern
pinion (
below).
-
A
perforated
barrel
to
form
a
core
upon.
-
See
Aristotle's
lantern.
-
A
lantern
pinion
or
trundle
wheel.
See
pinion (
below).
-
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.
-
A
transparent
case
for
holding
or
carrying
a
light;
the
lightroom
of
a
lighthouse;
a
small
tower
on
the
roof
of
a
building
to
admit
and
air.
-
A
case
for
holding
or
carrying
a
light:
a
drum-
shaped
erection
surmounting
a
dome
to
give
light
and
to
crown
the
fabric:
the
upper
square
cage
which
illuminates
a
corridor
or
gallery.
-
Transparent
case
for
a
light;
dome
with
windows
to
light
a
building.
-
A
transparent
case,
for
enclosing
a
light.
-
A
tower,
as
on
a
roof,
to
give
light.
-
A
case
for
holding,
and
sometimes
carrying
a
light;
a
little
dome
raised
over
the
roof
of
a
building
to
give
light,
and
to
serve
as
a
crowning
to
the
fabric;
a
square
cage
which
illuminates
a
corridor
or
gallery;
a
kind
of
pinion
on
which
the
teeth
of
the
main
wheel
acts.
A
dark
lantern,
one
which
may
be
closed
so
as
entirely
to
hide
the
light.
Magic
lantern,
an
optical
machine
by
which
painted
images
are
represented
so
much
magnified
as
to
appear
like
the
effect
of
magic.
Lantern-
fly,
a
S.
American
insect,
which
emits
a
light
in
the
dark.
Chinese
lantern,
one
of
thin
paper.
Feast
of
lanterns,
a
Chinese
festival,
celebrated
on
the
1st
of
each
month.
Lantern-
jaws,
long
thin
jaws;
a
thin
visage.
Lantern-
jawed,
having
a
thin
visage.
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A
perforated
case
for
a
candle
or
lamp;
the
upper
part
of
a
lighthouse;
any
erection
on
the
top
of
a
building
or
dome
to
give
light;
magic-
lantern,
an
optical
instr.
by
means
of
which
small
figures
painted
with
transparent
varnish,
variously
coloured,
on
slides
of
glass,
are
very
largely
magnified,
seen
in
a
darkened
room
on
a
wall
or
white
screen.
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