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Webster 1913 Edition


Lighthouse

Light′houseˊ

(līt′housˊ)
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Noun.
;
pl.
Lighthouses
(līt′houzˊĕz)
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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.