Lexic.us

Definition of Shaft of light

1. Noun. A column of light (as from a beacon).

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shaft Of Light

Literary usage of Shaft of light

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

1. The Psychic Life of Insects by E.-L. Bouvier (1922)
"shaft of light (Figure 2, F). The animal directs itself obliquely to the side of the well eye (right eye in the figure), either by a direct traject (a) or ..."

2. The Northern Tribes of Central Australia by Baldwin Spencer, Francis James Gillen (1904)
"(5) Single-pronged, multi-barbed spears with shaft of light wood or reed. The barbs are arranged along two or more sides of the head. ..."

3. The Northern Tribes of Central Australia by Baldwin Spencer, Francis James Gillen (1904)
"(5) Single-pronged,multi-barbed spears with shaft of light wood or reed. The barbs are arranged along two or more sides of the head. ..."

4. A Guide to Pictures for Beginners and Students by Charles Henry Caffin (1910)
"The shaft of light, cutting across the darkness, would look white; but, if it hit upon a shelf of apples, our eye would receive a sensation of green or red ..."

5. The Golfer's Rubáiyát by Henry Walcott Boynton (1901)
"... driven equal flight The stars before him from the Tee of Night, And holed them every one without a Miss, Swinging at ease his gold- shod Shaft of Light. ..."

6. In a Persian Garden: A Song-cycle for Four Solo Voices (soprano, Contralto by Liza Lehmann, Omar Khayyam, Edward FitzGerald (1896)
"... tur.ret with a shaft of light a tempo It And a tempo ^ with a shaft of light, and a £==* of light, with a shaft of. with a shaft of light,with a shaft ..."

7. A Child's Guide to Pictures by Charles Henry Caffin (1908)
"The shaft of light, cutting across the darkness, would look white; but, if it hit upon a shelf of apples, our eye would receive a sensation of green or red ..."

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