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trundle |
5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lantern \Lan"tern\, n. [F. lanterne, L. lanterna, laterna, from Gr ? 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. 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. 3. (Mach.) A lantern pinion or trundle wheel. See {Lantern pinion} (below). 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}. 5. (Founding) A perforated barrel to form a core upon 6. (Zo["o]l.) See {Aristotle's lantern}. 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. {Dark lantern}, a lantern with a single opening, which may be closed so as to conceal the light; -- called also {bull's-eye}. {Lantern fly}, {Lantern carrier} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of large handsome, hemipterous insects of the genera {Laternaria}, {Fulgora}, and allies, of the family {Fulgorid[ae]}. The largest species is {Laternaria phosphorea} of Brazil. The head of some species has been supposed to be phosphorescent. {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} (Zo["o]l.), 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Trundle \Trun"dle\, n. [AS. tryndel a little shield. See {Trend}, v. i.] 1. A round body; a little wheel. 2. A lind of low-wheeled cart; a truck. 3. A motion as of something moving upon little wheels or rollers; a rolling motion. 4. (Mach.) a A lantern wheel. See under {Lantern}. b One of the bars of a lantern wheel. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Trundle \Trun"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trundled}; p. pr & vb n. {Trundling}.] 1. To roll (a thing) on little wheels; as to trundle a bed or a gun carriage. 2. To cause to roll or revolve; to roll along as to trundle a hoop or a ball. --R. A. Proctor. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Trundle \Trun"dle\, v. i. 1. To go or move on small wheels; as a bed trundles under another. 2. To roll, or go by revolving, as a hoop. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: trundle n 1: a low bed to be slid under a higher bed [syn: {trundle bed}, {truckle bed}, {truckle}] 2: small wheel or roller v : move heavily; of vehicles, such as streetcars
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