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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.

One who gives or takes delight.

A horizontal vane revolving over the surface of wort in a cooler, to produce a circular current in the liquor. Knight.

One who, or that which, lights a lamp; esp., a person who lights street lamps.

A moonshiner.

One who, or that which, plights.

One who slights.

The act of accusing or charging with a crime or with a lighter offense. We come not by the way of accusation To taint that honor every good tongue blesses. Shak.

ks to 0º in pure water, and to 15º in a 15 per cent salt solution; the other, for liquids lighter than water, sinks to 0º in a 10 per cent salt solution and to 10º in pure water. In both cases the graduation, based on the distance between these fundamental points, is continued along the stem as far as desired. Since al…

A liquid consisting mainly of the lighter and more volatile hydrocarbons of petroleum or kerosene oil, used as a solvent and for cleansing soiled fabrics; -- called also petroleum spirit, petroleum benzine. Varieties or similar products are gasoline, naphtha, rhigolene, ligroin, etc.

Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it, whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue as a sapphire; blue violets. "The blue firmament." Milton.

ore is concentrated by subjecting it to the action of rynning water so as to wash out the lighter and less valuable portions.

being on fire or excessively heated. Burning fluid, any volatile illuminating oil, as the lighter petroleums (naphtha, benzine), or oil of turpentine (camphine), but esp. a mixture of the latter with alcohol. -- Burning glass, a conxex lens of considerable size, used for producing an intense heat by converging the sun…

The lighter, earthy parts of ore, carried off washing.

A licensed lighter employed in the transportation of goods to and from vessels. [China] S. W. Williams.

A dark vein or spot on a lighter material, as in marble; hence, a blemish or defect; as, a cloud upon one's reputation; a cloud on a title.

A linen (or sometimes cotton) fabric, finer and lighter than canvas, -- used for the lighter sails of vessels, the sacking of beds, and sometimes for men's clothing.

A house made partly in a hillside or slighter elevation. [Western U.S.] Bartlett.