单词 | lighthouse service |
释义 | > as lemmaslighthouse service C1. General use as a modifier, as in lighthouse beacon, lighthouse service, etc. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > buoys, marks, or lighthouses > [noun] > object on land or sea as guide > light beacon or lighthouse > lighthouse-keeper lighthouse keeper1738 light keeper1750 lighthouse man1889 lightman1889 a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1672 (1955) III. 615 From North-foreland light-house top (which is a pharos built of Bricque, having on the top a Cradle of yron, in which one attends a greate Sea-Coale fire, all the yeare long when the nights are darke, for the safe-guard of Sailers) we could see our fleete. 1831 W. Scott Pirate (new ed.) I. Introd. p. iii The author was invited to join a party of Commissioners for the Northern Light-House Service. 1964 J. Masters Trial at Monomoy i. 15 Close on the north the lighthouse tower edged into the view... That light occulted every four seconds. 2014 E. A. Kane Legacy 213 The lighthouse beacon flashed three times, illuminating the sky with an eerie yellow glow. < as lemmas |
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