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(1):

(n.) An open structure of light material set upon a roof, to give light and air to the interior.

(2):

(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.

(3):

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

(4):

(n.) A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns.

(5):

(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.

(6):

(n.) A lantern pinion or trundle wheel. See Lantern pinion (below).

(7):

(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.

(8):

(n.) A perforated barrel to form a core upon.

(9):

(n.) See Aristotle's lantern.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Lantern'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​l/lantern.html. 1828.
 
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