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Definition of Lanterns
1. lantern [n] - See also: lantern
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lanterns
Literary usage of Lanterns
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Werner's Readings and Recitations (1910)
"lanterns should be bright and clear and burn brightly. ... Hold lanterns high in
left hands and sway bodies and lantern? toward right. ..."
2. The Furniture of Our Forefathers by Esther Singleton, Russell Sturgis (1901)
"Lamps and lanterns were imported in considerable variety : the entries and halls
were lighted by square and spherical lanterns. The standard sizes were 18 x ..."
3. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1881)
"Thus we see how Nature builds up some of her islands; but you may well be surprised
that these often are illuminated by wonderful living lanterns of various ..."
4. Northern Germany: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1884)
"Boards and lanterns yellow.. From the Exchange Station of the Stadtbahn (Börse; PI.
r; K, ... lanterns and boards to the Pappel- Allee red, to Pankow green. ..."
5. The Complete Works of Gustave Flaubert: Embracing Romances, Travels by Gustave Flaubert, Ferdinand Brunetière (1904)
"Venetian lanterns hanging from the houses formed wreaths of flame. Underneath,
a confused swarm of people kept in constant motion. ..."
6. Optical Projection: A Treatise on the Use of the Lantern in Exhibition and by Lewis Wright, Russell Stuart Wright (1891)
"CHAPTER Vin lanterns AND THEIR MANIPULATION 55. Single lanterns.—lanterns for
the simple exhibition of single slides are now practically made of one or the ..."
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