Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A lantern.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of
lantern .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete See
lantern .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun archaic A
lantern .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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All that I have to say, is, to tell you that the lanthorn is the moon; I, the man in the moon; this thorn-bush, my thorn-bush; and this dog, my dog.
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Then in Act v. the player of that part says, "All that I have to say is, to tell you that the lanthorn is the moon; I, the man in the moon; this thorn-bush, my thorn-bush; and this dog, my dog."
Moon Lore Timothy Harley
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All that I have to say, is, to tell you that the lanthorn is the moon; I, the man in the moon; this thorn-bush, my thorn-bush; and this dog, my dog.
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The bearer of the lanthorn was his young enemy -- the boy.
Cutlass and Cudgel George Manville Fenn 1870
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All that I have to say, is to tell you that the lanthorn is the moon; I, the man in the moon; this Thorn-bush, my
The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare Henry Nicholson Ellacombe 1868
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The insect called the lanthorn-fly, which is peculiar to warm climates, emits light as it flies, producing in the dark a remarkably sparkling appearance.
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All that I have to say, is, to tell you that the lanthorn is the moon; I, the man in the moon; this thorn-bush, my thorn-bush; and this dog, my dog.
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But as in windy weather the tapers were more wasted -- to remedy this inconvenience, he placed them in a kind of lanthorn, there being no glass to be met with in his dominions.
Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance Thomas Frognall Dibdin 1811
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Ahmad Kamakim and say, ‘O Prince of True Believers, order him to be searched and I will bring the lanthorn forth from his bosom.’
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Aslan; and Ahmad rejoined, “There came hither a man who was made Chief of the Sixty; he was named Ala al-Din Abu al-Shamat and he lost his life through this lanthorn.”
Louises commented on the word lanthorn
He lit the the lanthorn hanging on the side of the buggy. Cold Comfort Farm.
February 19, 2013