- (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.
- (n.) A lantern pinion or trundle wheel. See Lantern pinion (below).
- (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.
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) An open structure of light material set upon a roof, to give light and air to the interior.
- (v.t.) To furnish with a lantern; as, to lantern a lighthouse.
- (n.) A perforated barrel to form a core upon.
- (n.) See Aristotle's lantern.
- (n.) A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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