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

The price paid for conveyance of goods on a lighter.

A person employed on, or who manages, a lighter.

Full of light; bright. [R.] "Lightful presence." Marston.

A tower or other building with a powerful light at top, erected at the entrance of a port, or at some important point on a coast, to serve as a guide to mariners at night; a pharos.

A name sometimes applied to the process of annealing metals.

Destitute of light; dark. Shak.

With little weight; with little force; as, to tread lightly; to press lightly. Yet shall thy grave with rising flowers be drest, And the green turf lie lightly on thy breast. Pope. Him thus intent Ithuriel with his spear Touched lightly. Milton.

A man who carries or takes care of a light. T. Brown.

The state, condition, or quality, of being light or not heavy; buoyancy; levity; fickleness; delicacy; grace.

A discharge of atmospheric electricity, accompanied by a vivid flash of light, commonly from one cloud to another, sometimes from a cloud to the earth. The sound produced by the electricity in passing rapidly through the atmosphere constitutes thunder.

A small room from which the magazine of a naval vessel is lighted, being separated from the magazine by heavy glass windows.

The lungs of an animal or bird; -- sometimes coarsely applied to the lungs of a human being.

Having light; lighted; not dark or gloomy; bright. White walls make rooms more lightsome than black. Bacon.

Damaged by accidental exposure to light; light-fogged; -- said of plates or films.

Light in weight, as a coin; specif., applied to a man or animal who is a lightweight.

Pine wood abounding in pitch, used for torches in the Southern United States; pine knots, dry sticks, and the like, for kindling a fire quickly or making a blaze.

Illuminated. [Obs.] Wyclif.

To descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop; as, a flying bird alights on a tree; snow alights on a roof.

ules of the road require vessels at anchor to carry from sunset to sunrise a single white light forward if under 150 feet in length, and if longer, two such lights, one near the stern and one forward.