| 单词 | coal-light |
| 释义 | > as lemmascoal-light coal-light n. now historical a beacon or lighthouse signal light fuelled with coal. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > signalling > visual signalling > luminous signals > [noun] > fire signal > beacon beacon1377 lightc1425 firebome1440 bale1455 cresset-light1525 flambeau1688 coal-light1775 bale-fire1805 needfire1805 ward-fire1859 beaconage1862 fanal- 1775 Middlesex Jrnl. 2 May Coal lights, like those of Milford, Scilly, and Eddystone, were no lights at all. 1833 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 361/1 The frigates Nymphen and Pallas, were wrecked..in consequence of the light of a lime-kiln..being mistaken for the coal light on the Isle of May. 1995 J. Newman Glamorgan (2001) 486 The two fire-baskets housed on these double platforms were designed to distinguish it from the coal-light on the slender Flat Holm Lighthouse. < as lemmas |
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