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Definition of Lights
1. n. pl. The lungs of an animal or bird; -- sometimes coarsely applied to the lungs of a human being.
Definition of Lights
1. Noun. (plural of light) ¹
2. Noun. A butcher's term for the lungs of an animal (being lighter than adjacent parts). ¹
3. Verb. (third-person singular of light) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lights
1. light [v] - See also: light
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lights
Literary usage of Lights
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"lights of different colours (generally red and while) alternately without any
intervening eclipse. This characteristic is not to be recommended for reasons ..."
2. Bulletin by National Electric Light Association (1911)
"1 to 3 lights $O..ri0 4 to 10 lights 1.00 11 to 20 lights 2.00 21 lights and ...
lights 2.50 76 to 150 lights 3.50 151 to 500 lights 5.00 501 lights and ..."
3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"Signal lights are required by the acts of Congress in order that they may be seen
by an approaching vessel in season to enable those in charge of the vessel ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Careful consideration was given, in the interests of economy and efficiency, to
the discontinuance of lights and other aids no longer required by navigation ..."
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