Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small lighthouse, or, more commonly, the lamp or apparatus placed in such a lighthouse to give light.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A lighthouse, or the apparatus placed in it for giving light.
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- noun A
lighthouse , or theapparatus placed in it for giving light.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Université se fondait, tâtonnant à travers mille obstacles, mais guidée par ce fanal qui jamais ne s'éteint, le souci de former l'âme populaire.
The Centennial of the University of Virginia, 1819-1921 1922
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The word _lanterne_ is unknown, for the nautical _fanal_ invariably takes its place.
All Afloat A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways William Charles Henry Wood 1905
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By the fifteenth day of the month of March, the governor had thoroughly prepared the fleet -- which consisted of five ships, four galleys with poop-lanterns [_galeras de fanal_], three galliots, four champans, three funeas, two English lanchas, two brigantines, one barca chata [23] for the artillery, and thirteen fragatas with high freeboard.
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By the fifteenth day of the month of March, the governor had thoroughly prepared the fleet -- which consisted of five ships, four galleys with poop-lanterns [galeras de fanal], three galliots, four champans, three funeas, two English lanchas, two brigantines, one barca chata [194] for the artillery, and thirteen fragatas with high freeboard.
History of the Philippine Islands Antonio de Morga 1597
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James Toseland in his fanal MotoGP race befor returning to World Superbikes finished 12th for the Yamaha Tech 3 team.
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On the right hand, as you enter the port, there is an elegant fanal, or lighthouse, kept in good repair: but in all the charts of this coast which I have seen, this lanthorn is laid down to the westward of the harbour; an error equally absurd and dangerous, as it may mislead the navigator, and induce him to run his ship among the rocks, to the eastward of the lighthouse, where it would undoubtedly perish.
oroboros commented on the word fanal
a beacon
July 29, 2007