[ noun ] light in a transparent protective case <noun.artifact>
Lantern \Lan"tern\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lanterned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lanterning}.] [Cf. F. lanterner to hang at the lamp post, fr. lanterne. See {Lantern}.] To furnish with a lantern; as, to lantern a lighthouse.
Lantern \Lan"tern\ (l[a^]n"t[~e]rn), n. [F. lanterne, L. lanterna, laterna, from Gr. lampth`r light, torch. See {Lamp}.] 1. Something inclosing a light, and protecting it from wind, rain, etc.; -- sometimes portable, as a closed vessel or case of horn, perforated tin, glass, oiled paper, or other material, having a lamp or candle within; sometimes fixed, as the glazed inclosure of a street light, or of a lighthouse light.
2. (Arch.) (a) An open structure of light material set upon a roof, to give light and air to the interior. (b) A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns. (c) 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.
3. (Mach.) A lantern pinion or trundle wheel. See {Lantern pinion} (below).
4. (Steam Engine) 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}.
5. (Founding) A perforated barrel to form a core upon.
6. (Zo["o]l.) See {Aristotle's lantern}.
Note: Fig. 1 represents a hand lantern; fig. 2, an arm lantern; fig. 3, a breast lantern; -- so named from the positions in which they are carried.
{Dark lantern}, a lantern with a single opening, which may be closed so as to conceal the light; -- called also {bull's-eye}.
{Lantern jaws}, long, thin jaws; hence, a thin visage.
{Lantern pinion}, {Lantern wheel} (Mach.), a kind of pinion or wheel having cylindrical bars or trundles, instead of teeth, inserted at their ends in two parallel disks or plates; -- so called as resembling a lantern in shape; -- called also {wallower}, or {trundle}.
{Lantern shell} (Zo["o]l.), any translucent, marine, bivalve shell of the genus {Anatina}, and allied genera.
{Magic lantern}, an optical instrument consisting of a case inclosing a light, and having suitable lenses in a lateral tube, for throwing upon a screen, in a darkened room or the like, greatly magnified pictures from slides placed in the focus of the outer lens.
MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc., which is controlled by Perelman, agreed to pay $74 a share in cash for the company, which is the maker of the famed Coleman lantern, other outdoor recreation equipment and home heating and air conditioning equipment.
One of his friends, making a night climb by lantern light in the late 1970s, fell and broke both arms, he said.
Many of the campers enjoyed candlelight dinners inside their motor homes while others gathered around hibachis outside to roast hot dogs and hamburgers by lantern light.
It said a navy patrol boat spotted the trawler, identified as the Odishi, at 3 a.m. and ordered it by radio and lantern to stop and let authorities board.
C.B. Branan, surveying the uprooted trees and damaged historic homes in his downtown neighborhood, said he and his 17-year-old son were using kerosene lamps and a propane lantern for light.
Hudd, in a series of virulent smocks and stockings, his face beaming with that gap toothed smile like a crazy turnip lantern, is a force to be reckoned with.
During the 1960s, Coleman led another diversification, expanding lantern and camp stove production into dozens of outdoor recreation products.
By 1914, the company developed the Coleman lantern and has since sold more than 40 million.
Sir, I hope that the leader writer responsible for 'Mr Heseltine's magic lantern' (April 26) will have read Michael Prowse's adjacent article.
More stunning was the death of a woman hit by a falling stone lantern in the quake, measured at 6.6 on the Richter scale.
Other times, Mr. Pavelchak lights a lantern in his car (painted the maroon and orange of a defunct passenger train) and goes driving along the right of way, striving to "get the feel and smell of the railroad."