(a lighter)
21lighter — n. a cigarette lighter * * * [ laɪtə] a cigarette lighter …
22lighter — {{11}}lighter (1) barge, late 15c., agent noun from LIGHT (Cf. light) (adj.1), with a sense of lightening a load, or else from Du. lichter, from lichten to lighten, unload, on the same notion. They are used in loading or unloading ships that… …
23lighter — UK [ˈlaɪtə(r)] / US [ˈlaɪtər] noun [countable] Word forms lighter : singular lighter plural lighters 1) a small container that produces a flame, used especially for lighting cigarettes 2) a low open boat used for moving goods to and from ships …
24Lighter — Light Light (l[imac]t), a. [AS. le[ o]ht. See {Light}, n.] [Compar. {Lighter} (l[imac]t [ e]r); superl. {Lightest}.] 1. Having light; not dark or obscure; bright; clear; as, the apartment is light. [1913 Webster] 2. White or whitish; not intense… …
25lighter — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Middle Dutch *lichter, from lichten to unload; akin to Old English lēoht light in weight Date: 14th century a large usually flat bottomed barge used especially in unloading or loading ships II. transitive… …
26Lighter Aboard Ship — LASH Carrier Rhine Forest ex. Bilderdijk in Rotterdam, Schwesterschiff der München Die Bezeichnung LASH (Lighter Aboard Ship) steht für ein System, bei dem beladene Leichter auf hochseetüchtigen Schiffen transportiert werden. Inhaltsverzeichnis …
27lighter-than-air — /luy teuhr dheuhn air /, adj. Aeron. 1. (of an aircraft) weighing less than the air it displaces, hence obtaining lift from aerostatic buoyancy. 2. of or pertaining to lighter than air craft. [1900 05] * * * …
28lighter fluid — noun fuel in fluid form used in a cigarette lighter …
29lighter — 1. noun a) A small, reusable, handheld device for creating fire, especially for lighting cigarettes. Cigarette in mouth, he clutched his pockets in search of a lighter. b) A flat bottomed boat for carrying heavy loads across short distances… …
30Lighter Amphibious Resupply Cargo — LARC XV Ein LARC V der U.S. Navy Beach Master Unit 2 in Fort Story, Virginia …
