About The Word Lighter
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Lighter
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What's The Definition Of Lighter?
[n] a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals)
[n] a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires; "do you have a light?" [n] a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire [v] transport by lighter Synonyms | Synonyms for Lighter: barge | flatboat | hoy | igniter | igniter | ignitor | ignitor | light Related Terms | Find terms related to Lighter: See Also | boat | cigar lighter | cigarette lighter | combustible | combustible material | device | dredger | firelighter | friction match | fuel | fuse | fusee | fuze | fuzee | houseboat | kindling | lucifer | match | Norfolk wherry | pocket lighter | pontoon | primer | priming | punk | scow | spunk | tinder | touchwood | transport | wherry Lighter In Webster's Dictionary \Light"er\ (l[imac]t"[~e]r), n.
One who, or that which, lights; as, a lighter of lamps.
\Light"er\, n. [D. ligter, fr. ligt light. See {Light} not heavy.] (Naut.) A large boat or barge, mainly used in unloading or loading vessels which can not reach the wharves at the place of shipment or delivery. {Lighter screw} (Mach.), a screw for adjusting the distance between the stones in a grinding mill by raising or lowering the bridgetree. \Light"er\, v. t. To convey by a lighter, as to or from the shore; as, to lighter the cargo of a ship. |
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