lantern
Part of speech: noun
verb
adj
Morphological type: simple
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Etymology: From Middle English lanterne (13th century), via Old French lanterne from Latin lanterna (“lantern”), itself a corruption of Ancient Greek λαμπτήρ (lamptḗr, “torch”) (see lamp, λάμπω (lámpō)) by influence of Latin lucerna (“lamp”). The spelling lanthorn was current during the 16th to 19th centuries and originates with a folk etymology associating the word with the use of horn as translucent cover. For the verb, compare French lanterner to hang at the lamppost. Displaced native Old English lēohtfæt (literally “light-container”).
Inflected forms:
form: lanterns
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: lanthorn
pos: noun
tags: alternative
archaic
form: lanterns
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: lanterning
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: lanterned
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: lanterned
pos: verb
tags: past
form: lanthorn
pos: verb
tags: alternative
archaic
form: lanthorn
pos: adj
tags: alternative
archaic
Senses:
gloss: A case of translucent or transparent material made to protect a flame, or light, used to illuminate its surroundings.
pos: noun
gloss: Especially, a metal casing with lens used to illuminate a stage (e.g. spotlight, floodlight).
pos: noun
gloss: An open structure of light material set upon a roof, to give light and air to the interior.
pos: noun
examples: On such an afternoon, if ever, the Lord High Chancellor ought to be sitting here—as here he is—with a foggy glory round his head, softly fenced in with crimson cloth and curtains, addressed by a large advocate with great whiskers, a little voice, and an interminable brief, and outwardly directing his contemplation to the lantern in the roof, where he can see nothing but fog.
The station also boasts a large semi-domed French pavilion roof with fish-scale tiles and iron cresting, plus a rectangular hall with arcaded upper storey and wooden lantern.
gloss: A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns.
pos: noun
gloss: A smaller and secondary cupola crowning a larger one, for ornament, or to admit light.
pos: noun
examples: the lantern of the cupola of the Capitol at Washington, or that of the Florence cathedral
gloss: A lantern pinion or trundle wheel.
pos: noun
gloss: 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.; a lantern brass.
pos: noun
gloss: A light formerly used as a signal by a railway guard or conductor at night.
pos: noun
gloss: A perforated barrel to form a core upon.
pos: noun
gloss: Aristotle's lantern
pos: noun
gloss: To furnish with a lantern.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to lantern a lighthouse
gloss: Of a facial feature, large and squarish in shape as an old-fashioned lantern.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: A youngish looking man came up to him, and aggressive-looking type with a hook mouth, a lantern nose, and small beady little cheekbones.
Derived words: blind lantern
Chinese lantern
crab lantern
dark-lantern
dark lantern
death lantern
fairy lantern
Fresnel lantern
friar's lantern
grave lantern
hobby lantern
hurricane lantern
idiot's lantern
jack-a-lantern
jack-o'-lantern
jack-o-lantern
Jack-with-a-lantern
Japanese lantern
lantern beetle
lantern berry
Lantern Festival
lanternfish
lantern fish
lanternflower
lanternfly
lantern gear
lanternist
lantern jaw
lantern jawed
lantern-jawed
lanternless
lanternlight
lanternlike
lantern of the dead
lantern roof
lanternshark
lantern shark
lantern shield
lantern sleeve
lantern slide
lantern tower
lantern wheel
magic lantern
magic lantern show
neep lantern
parish lantern
peg-a-lantern
sky lantern
storm lantern
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