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Signals made by burning lights of different colors and used by vessels at sea, and in the life-saving service; -- named after their inventor.

Having cotyles.

The light of day as opposed to the darkness of night; the light of the sun, as opposed to that of the moon or to artificial light.

A strong shutter, made to fit open ports and keep out water in a storm.

To bind up; to bandage.

A binding up; a bandaging. Wiseman.

e feeling; lively pleasure; extreme satisfaction; joy. Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not. Shak. A fool hath no delight in understanding. Prov. xviii. 2.

Capable of delighting; delightful. [Obs.] Many a spice delightable. Rom. of R.

Endowed with delight. If virtue no delighted beauty lack. Shak.

With delight; gladly.

One who gives or takes delight.

Highly pleasing; affording great pleasure and satisfaction. "Delightful bowers." Spenser. "Delightful fruit." Milton.

Giving delight; gladdening. -- De*light"ing*ly, adv. Jer. Taylor.

Void of delight. Thomson.

Delightful. [Obs.] Rom. of R.

Very pleasing; delightful. "Delightsome vigor." Grew. Ye shall be a delightsome land, . . . saith the Lord. Mal. iii. 12. -- De*light"some*ly, adv. -- De*light"some*ness, n.

To strip or remove the wood from; as, to delignate ramie, in the preparation of ribbons of the fiber for further working.

To make irreligious; to turn from religion. [R.] He would dereligionize men beyond all others. De Quincey.

The quality of being diligent; carefulness; careful attention; -- the opposite of negligence.

Diligence; care; persevering endeavor. [Obs.] Milton.