'Dark lantern' definitions:

Definition of 'dark lantern'

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noun
A lantern with a single opening and a sliding panel that can be closed to conceal the light [syn: dark lantern, bull's-eye]

Definition of 'Dark lantern'

From: GCIDE
  • Lantern \Lan"tern\ (l[a^]n"t[~e]rn), n. [F. lanterne, L. lanterna, laterna, from Gr. lampth`r light, torch. See Lamp.]
  • 1. Something inclosing a light, and protecting it from wind, rain, etc.; -- sometimes portable, as a closed vessel or case of horn, perforated tin, glass, oiled paper, or other material, having a lamp or candle within; sometimes fixed, as the glazed inclosure of a street light, or of a lighthouse light. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Arch.) (a) An open structure of light material set upon a roof, to give light and air to the interior. (b) A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns. (c) A smaller and secondary cupola crowning a larger one, for ornament, or to admit light; such as the lantern of the cupola of the Capitol at Washington, or that of the Florence cathedral. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Mach.) A lantern pinion or trundle wheel. See {Lantern pinion} (below). [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Steam Engine) A kind of cage inserted in a stuffing box and surrounding a piston rod, to separate the packing into two parts and form a chamber between for the reception of steam, etc.; -- called also lantern brass. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Founding) A perforated barrel to form a core upon. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. (Zool.) See Aristotle's lantern. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Fig. 1 represents a hand lantern; fig. 2, an arm lantern; fig. 3, a breast lantern; -- so named from the positions in which they are carried. [1913 Webster]
  • Dark lantern, a lantern with a single opening, which may be closed so as to conceal the light; -- called also bull's-eye.
  • Lantern jaws, long, thin jaws; hence, a thin visage.
  • Lantern pinion, Lantern wheel (Mach.), a kind of pinion or wheel having cylindrical bars or trundles, instead of teeth, inserted at their ends in two parallel disks or plates; -- so called as resembling a lantern in shape; -- called also wallower, or trundle.
  • Lantern shell (Zool.), any translucent, marine, bivalve shell of the genus Anatina, and allied genera.
  • Magic lantern, an optical instrument consisting of a case inclosing a light, and having suitable lenses in a lateral tube, for throwing upon a screen, in a darkened room or the like, greatly magnified pictures from slides placed in the focus of the outer lens. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Dark lantern'

From: GCIDE
  • Dark \Dark\ (d[aum]rk), a. [OE. dark, derk, deork, AS. dearc, deorc; cf. Gael. & Ir. dorch, dorcha, dark, black, dusky.]
  • 1. Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some deep shade of color; not light-colored; as, a dark room; a dark day; dark cloth; dark paint; a dark complexion. [1913 Webster]
  • O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse Without all hope of day! --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • In the dark and silent grave. --Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Not clear to the understanding; not easily seen through; obscure; mysterious; hidden. [1913 Webster]
  • The dark problems of existence. --Shairp. [1913 Webster]
  • What may seem dark at the first, will afterward be found more plain. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
  • What's your dark meaning, mouse, of this light word? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Destitute of knowledge and culture; in moral or intellectual darkness; unrefined; ignorant. [1913 Webster]
  • The age wherein he lived was dark, but he Could not want light who taught the world to see. --Denhan. [1913 Webster]
  • The tenth century used to be reckoned by medi[ae]val historians as the darkest part of this intellectual night. --Hallam. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Evincing black or foul traits of character; vile; wicked; atrocious; as, a dark villain; a dark deed. [1913 Webster]
  • Left him at large to his own dark designs. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. Foreboding evil; gloomy; jealous; suspicious. [1913 Webster]
  • More dark and dark our woes. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • A deep melancholy took possesion of him, and gave a dark tinge to all his views of human nature. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
  • There is, in every true woman-s heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. Deprived of sight; blind. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • He was, I think, at this time quite dark, and so had been for some years. --Evelyn. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Dark is sometimes used to qualify another adjective; as, dark blue, dark green, and sometimes it forms the first part of a compound; as, dark-haired, dark-eyed, dark-colored, dark-seated, dark-working. [1913 Webster]
  • A dark horse, in racing or politics, a horse or a candidate whose chances of success are not known, and whose capabilities have not been made the subject of general comment or of wagers. [Colloq.]
  • Dark house, Dark room, a house or room in which madmen were confined. [Obs.] --Shak.
  • Dark lantern. See Lantern. -- The
  • Dark Ages, a period of stagnation and obscurity in literature and art, lasting, according to Hallam, nearly
  • 1000 years, from about 500 to about 1500 A. D.. See Middle Ages, under Middle.
  • The Dark and Bloody Ground, a phrase applied to the State of Kentucky, and said to be the significance of its name, in allusion to the frequent wars that were waged there between Indians.
  • The dark day, a day (May 19, 1780) when a remarkable and unexplained darkness extended over all New England.
  • To keep dark, to reveal nothing. [Low] [1913 Webster]