Lexicographical Neighbors of Eclipser
Literary usage of Eclipser
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Story of Boston Light: With Some Account of the Beacons in Boston Harbor by Fitz-Henry Smith (1911)
"... was provided with a shield or "eclipser" which rotated around the lamps, and
it is evident that some change affecting the revolution of the light was ..."
2. Transactions of the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland (1900)
"I have mentioned one panel as being the desirable number to employ when in
conjunction with an eclipser, and, indeed, for some time after designing the ..."
3. The British Merchant Service: Being a History of the British Mercantile by R. J. Cornewall-Jones (1898)
"In occulting lights, instead of the lantern itself revolving, a shade or "
eclipser " is passed in front of the lamps. In the case of an ordinary revolving ..."
4. Boyer's French Dictionary: Comprising All the Additions and Improvements of by Abel Boyer (1833)
"eclipser, à-kll-sà, va to" splint, bind up with splints. Eci.orix, ii-klor,
vn (see the table at clore) lo blow or open ; lo be hatched. ..."
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