Lantern

lant′ėrn, n. a case for holding or carrying a light, the light chamber of a lighthouse: an ornamental structure surmounting a dome to give light and to crown the fabric: the upper square cage which illuminates a corridor or gallery—obs. form, Lant′horn , from the use of horn for the sides of lanterns.— v.t. to furnish with a lantern.— n. Lant′ern-fly , any insect of family Fulgoridæ , supposed to emit a strong light in the dark.— adj. Lant′ern-jawed , thin-faced.— n.pl. Lant′ern-jaws , thin long jaws.— Lantern of the dead , a tower having a small lighted chamber at the top, once common in French cemeteries; Lantern wheel , a kind of cog-wheel, in which a circle of bars or spindles between two heads engages with the cogs of a spur-wheel.— Chinese lantern , a collapsible paper lantern, generally decorated with flowers; Dark lantern , a lantern having an opaque slide, capable of being partly or wholly shut at pleasure; Magic lantern , an optical instrument by means of which magnified images of small pictures are thrown upon a wall or screen. [Fr. lanterne —L. lantern a —Gr. lamptēr — lampein , to give light.]