Definition of lantern

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Lantern (n.) 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..

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Louvre :: Louvre (n.) A small lantern. See Lantern, 2 (a)..
Lantern :: Lantern (v. t.) To furnish with a lantern; as, to lantern a lighthouse..
Trundle :: Trundle (v. i.) One of the bars of a lantern wheel.
Megascope :: Megascope (n.) A modification of the magic lantern, used esp. for throwing a magnified image of an opaque object on a screen, solar or artificial light being used..
Chromatrope :: Chromatrope (n.) A device in a magic lantern or stereopticon to produce kaleidoscopic effects.
Cupola :: Cupola (n.) A small structure standing on the top of a dome; a lantern.
Lanterning :: Lanterning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lanter.
Aristotle's Lantern :: Aristotle's lantern () The five united jaws and accessory ossicles of certain sea urchins.
Screen :: Screen (n.) A surface, as that afforded by a curtain, sheet, wall, etc., upon which an image, as a picture, is thrown by a magic lantern, solar microscope, etc..
Top-light :: Top-light (n.) A lantern or light on the top of a vessel.
Sciopticon :: Sciopticon (n.) A kind of magic lantern.
Lanterned :: Lanterned (imp. & p. p.) of Lanter.
Slide :: Slide (n.) A plate or slip of glass on which is a picture or delineation to be exhibited by means of a magic lantern, stereopticon, or the like; a plate on which is an object to be examined with a microscope..
Trundlehead :: Trundlehead (n.) One of the disks forming the ends of a lantern wheel or pinion.
Lantern :: Lantern (n.) 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..
Phantasmagoria :: Phantasmagoria (n.) An optical effect produced by a magic lantern. The figures are painted in transparent colors, and all the rest of the glass is opaque black. The screen is between the spectators and the instrument, and the figures are often made to appear as in motion, or to merge into one another..
Lantern :: Lantern (n.) A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns..
Wallower :: Wallower (n.) A lantern wheel; a trundle.
Lamp-post :: Lamp-post (n.) A post (generally a pillar of iron) supporting a lamp or lantern for lighting a street, park, etc..
Lantern :: Lantern (n.) See Aristotle's lantern.
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