Definition of lighthouse

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Lighthouse (n.) A tower or other building with a powerful light at top, erected at the entrance of a port, or at some important point on a coast, to serve as a guide to mariners at night; a pharos..

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Lantern :: Lantern (n.) 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..
Pharo :: Pharo (n.) A pharos; a lighthouse.
Pharology :: Pharology (n.) The art or science which treats of lighthouses and signal lights.
Carcel Lamp :: Carcel lamp () A French mechanical lamp, for lighthouses, in which a superabundance of oil is pumped to the wick tube by clockwork..
Fanal :: Fanal (n.) A lighthouse, or the apparatus placed in it for giving light..
Lighthouses :: Lighthouses (pl. ) of Lighthous.
Lantern :: Lantern (v. t.) To furnish with a lantern; as, to lantern a lighthouse..
Pharos :: Pharos (n.) A lighthouse or beacon for the guidance of seamen.
Holophote :: Holophote (n.) A lamp with lenses or reflectors to collect the rays of light and throw them in a given direction; -- used in lighthouses.
Phare :: Phare (n.) A beacon tower; a lighthouse.
Light :: Light (n.) That which furnishes, or is a source of, light, as the sun, a star, a candle, a lighthouse, etc..
Lighthouse :: Lighthouse (n.) A tower or other building with a powerful light at top, erected at the entrance of a port, or at some important point on a coast, to serve as a guide to mariners at night; a pharos..
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