LIGHTER
\lˈa͡ɪtə], \lˈaɪtə], \l_ˈaɪ_t_ə]\
Definitions of LIGHTER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
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a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals)
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A large boat or barge, mainly used in unloading or loading vessels which can not reach the wharves at the place of shipment or delivery.
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To convey by a lighter, as to or from the shore; as, to lighter the cargo of a ship.
By Oddity Software
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A large boat or barge, mainly used in unloading or loading vessels which can not reach the wharves at the place of shipment or delivery.
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To convey by a lighter, as to or from the shore; as, to lighter the cargo of a ship.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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One who or that which lights; to bring to light, to reveal; to discover; to come to light, to be discovered; the light of the countenance, favour; smiles; to light on a thing, to fall in with it-that is, to have light on it; to see the light, to be born; to come into existence; to stand in one's own light, to be the means of hindering one's own advancement or one's own good.
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A large flat-bottomed boat used in loading and unloading vessels.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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