Appears in: Love Songs
Frequency: 1
Definition:
(noun) 1) Something inclosing a light, and protecting it from wind, rain, etc;—sometimes portable, as a closed vessel or case of horn, perforated tin, glass, oiled paper, or other material, having a lamp or candle within; sometimes fixed, as the glazed inclosure of a street light, or of a lighthouse light; 2) (Architecture) a. An open structure of light material set upon a roof, to give light and air to the interior; b. A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns; c. A smaller and secondary cupola crowning a larger one, for ornament, or to admit light; such as the lantern of the cupola of the Capitol at Washington, or that of the Florence cathedral; 3) (Mach.) A lantern pinion or trundle wheel; 4) (Steam Engine) A kind of cage inserted in a stuffing box and surrounding a piston rod, to separate the packing into two parts and form a chamber between for the reception of steam, etc;—called also lantern brass; 5) (Founding) A perforated barrel to form a core upon; 6) (Zoology) See Aristotle’s lantern (MW)
