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Definition of Lighter

1. Noun. A substance used to ignite or kindle a fire.

2. Verb. Transport in a flatbottom boat.

3. Noun. A device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires. "Do you have a light?"

4. Noun. A flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals).

Definition of Lighter

1. n. One who, or that which, lights; as, a lighter of lamps.

2. n. A large boat or barge, mainly used in unloading or loading vessels which can not reach the wharves at the place of shipment or delivery.

3. v. t. To convey by a lighter, as to or from the shore; as, to lighter the cargo of a ship.

Definition of Lighter

1. Adjective. (comparative of light) ¹

2. Noun. A small, reusable, handheld device for creating fire, especially for lighting cigarettes. ¹

3. Noun. A flat-bottomed boat for carrying heavy loads across short distances (especially for canals or for loading or unloading larger boats). ¹

4. Verb. To transfer cargo or fuel from a ship, lightening it to make its draft less or to make it easier to refloat. ¹

5. Adjective. (comparative of light) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lighter

1. to convey in a type of barge [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lighter

lightcurve lightcurves lighted lighten lighten someone's purse lighten up lightened lightened up lightener lighteners

lightening lightening up lightenings lightens lightens up lighter (current term) lighter-than-air lighter-than-air craft lighter fluid lighterage

lighterages lightered lightering lighterman lightermen lighters lightest lighteth lightface lightfaced

Literary usage of Lighter

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1907)
"Eldred was a competitor of Kessler's and manufactured a similar form of lighter (entirely dissimilar from that described in the Chambers patent), ..."

2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1920)
"The witness would have testified that the lighter dumped its load because ... "Q. State whether or not, in your opinion, if this lighter had been properly ..."

3. The Federal Reporter: With Key-number Annotations by District of Columbia Court of Appeals, United States Commerce Court, Courts of Appeals (1890)
"The lighter had come across the river upon her port tack. She tacked 200 or 300 yards from the New York shore, and, as she was coming about, first observed ..."

4. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1907)
"An Examination of the lighter Constituents of Air. By JOSEPH EDWARD COATES, B.Sc. Wales. (Communicated by Sir William Ramsay, FRS Received November 29,— ..."

5. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"His original drama, 'The Creole, or Love's Fetters,'was produced at the Lyceum 8 April 1847 with marked applause. A lighter piece, entitled ' Anything for a ..."

6. Field Geology by Frederic Henry Lahee (1917)
"lighter Shades and White.—Through weathering original colors may be changed to lighter secondary shades of the same hue, or to white. ..."

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