Definition of light

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Light (superl.) Not of the legal, standard, or usual weight; clipped; diminished; as, light coin..

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Grating :: Grating (n.) The strong wooden lattice used to cover a hatch, admitting light and air; also, a movable Lattice used for the flooring of boats..
Reaction :: Reaction (n.) The mutual or reciprocal action of chemical agents upon each other, or the action upon such chemical agents of some form of energy, as heat, light, or electricity, resulting in a chemical change in one or more of these agents, with the production of new compounds or the manifestation of distinctive characters. See Blowpipe reaction, Flame reaction, under Blowpipe, and Flame..
Graze :: Graze (n.) A light touch; a slight scratch.
Fimble Hemp :: Fimble hemp () Light summer hemp, that bears no seed..
Slub :: Slub (n.) A roll of wool slightly twisted; a rove; -- called also slubbing.
Penumbra :: Penumbra (n.) The shadow cast, in an eclipse, where the light is partly, but not wholly, cut off by the intervening body; the space of partial illumination between the umbra, or perfect shadow, on all sides, and the full light..
Light :: Light (superl.) Easy to be endured or performed; not severe; not difficult; as, a light affliction or task..
Starlike :: Starlight (a.) Lighted by the stars, or by the stars only; as, a starlight night..
Vain :: Vain (superl.) Proud of petty things, or of trifling attainments; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason; conceited; puffed up; inflated..
Short :: Short (superl.) Not long; having brief length or linear extension; as, a short distance; a short piece of timber; a short flight..
Lambent :: Lambent (a.) Playing on the surface; touching lightly; gliding over.
Bole :: Bole (n.) An aperture, with a wooden shutter, in the wall of a house, for giving, occasionally, air or light; also, a small closet..
Lighten :: Lighten (v. t.) To make less burdensome or afflictive; to alleviate; as, to lighten the cares of life or the burden of grief..
Chlorophane :: Chlorophane (n.) A variety of fluor spar, which, when heated, gives a beautiful emerald green light..
Sneap :: Sneap (v. t.) To nip; to blast; to blight.
Myrrh :: Myrrh (n.) A gum resin, usually of a yellowish brown or amber color, of an aromatic odor, and a bitter, slightly pungent taste. It is valued for its odor and for its medicinal properties. It exudes from the bark of a shrub of Abyssinia and Arabia, the Balsamodendron Myrrha. The myrrh of the Bible is supposed to have been partly the gum above named, and partly the exudation of species of Cistus, or rockrose..
Buff :: Buff (n.) The color of buff; a light yellow, shading toward pink, gray, or brown..
Vilipend :: Vilipend (v. t.) To value lightly; to depreciate; to slight; to despise.
Plighting :: Plighting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pligh.
Detecter :: Detecter (n.) One who, or that which, detects or brings to light; one who finds out what another attempts to conceal; a detector..
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