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Searchlight

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The beam of light projecting by this apparatus.

(2):

(n.) An apparatus for projecting a powerful beam of light of approximately parallel rays, usually devised so that it can be swiveled about.

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