Lantern




SEE: Aristotle's lantern
noun
1.
(a transparent case for holding a light and shielding it against wind, etc. outdoors, the room containing the lamp at the top of a lighthouse) គោមភ្លើង
  • magic lantern
    - ប្រដាប់បញ្ចាំងភាពយន្ត
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
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.
2.
An open structure of light material set upon a roof, to give light and air to the interior.
3.
A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns.
4.
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.
5.
A lantern pinion or trundle wheel.
6.
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.
7.
A perforated barrel to form a core upon.
verb
1.
(TRANSITIVE) To furnish with a lantern; as, to lantern a lighthouse.