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Trundle :: Trundle (v. i.) A lantern wheel. See under Lantern.

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..

Jawed :: "Jawed (a.) Having jaws; -- chiefly in composition; as, lantern-jawed..

Lantern :: Lantern (v. t.) To furnish with a lantern; as, to lantern a lighthouse..

Mica :: Mica (n.) The name of a group of minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic. They differ widely in composition, and vary in color from pale brown or yellow to green or black. The transparent forms are used in lanterns, the doors of stoves, etc., being popularly called isinglass. Formerly called also cat-silver, and glimmer..

Lanterning :: Lanterning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lanter.

Lantern-jawed :: Lantern-jawed (a.) Having lantern jaws or long, thin jaws; as, a lantern-jawed person..

Lantern :: Lantern (n.) 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. ; -- called also lantern brass..

Cupola :: Cupola (n.) A small structure standing on the top of a dome; a lantern.

Louvre :: Louvre (n.) A small lantern. See Lantern, 2 (a)..

Rundle :: Rundle (n.) One of the pins or trundles of a lantern wheel.

Top-light :: Top-light (n.) A lantern or light on the top of a vessel.

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..

Buat :: Buat (n.) A lantern; also, the moon..

Semaphore :: Semaphore (n.) A signal telegraph; an apparatus for giving signals by the disposition of lanterns, flags, oscillating arms, etc..

Trundlehead :: Trundlehead (n.) One of the disks forming the ends of a lantern wheel or pinion.

Stave :: Stave (n.) One of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel; one of the bars or rounds of a rack, a ladder, etc..

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..

Lanthorn :: Lanthorn (n.) See Lantern.

Ignis Fatuus :: Ignis fatuus () A phosphorescent light that appears, in the night, over marshy ground, supposed to be occasioned by the decomposition of animal or vegetable substances, or by some inflammable gas; -- popularly called also Will-with-the-wisp, or Will-o'-the-wisp, and Jack-with-a-lantern, or Jack-o'-lantern..

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