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lights L0164900 (līts)pl.n. The lungs, especially the lungs of an animal slaughtered for food.
[Middle English lightes, from light, light in weight (from the lightness of the lungs compared to other organs); see light2.]lights (laɪts) pl na person's ideas, knowledge, or understanding: he did it according to his lights.
lights (laɪts) pl n (Veterinary Science) the lungs, esp of sheep, bullocks, and pigs, used for feeding pets and occasionally in human food[C13: plural noun use of light2, referring to the light weight of the lungs]lights (laɪts)
n.pl. the lungs, esp. of sheep, pigs, etc. [1150–1200; Middle English lihte, lightes, n. use of liht light2; compare lung] lights- day - One of the perpendicular divisions or "lights" of a mullioned window.
- blackout - Originally a theatrical term for the extinguishing of all lights on the stage when scenery was shifted.
- taps, last post - Taps, the bugle call for lights out, was originally a drum roll and got its name from the tapping of the drums; taps are also called last post.
- twilight - The time of two lights, the fading sunset and the emerging light of the moon and stars; there are three sequential stages of twilight: civil twilight, nautical twilight, and astronomical twilight.
LightsThe lungs of slaughtered calves and pigs. They were sometimes eaten shortly after butchering and were considered by some to be a delicacy and by others to be just another organ meat that should not be wasted.Translations- Does the bike have lights? → 这辆自行车有车灯吗？
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See:- according to (one's) own lights
- according to own lights
- according to your lights
- by (one's) lights
- gaslight
- green light
- guiding light
- have (one's) name in lights
- have your name in lights
- hide (one's) light under a bushel
- jump the light(s)
- jump the lights
- light (one's) fire
- light (something) with (something)
- light (up)on
- light out
- light the fuse
- light up
- lights out
- outen the lights
- punch (one's) lights out
- punch lights out
- punch someone’s lights out
- punch someone's lights out
- put (one's) lights out
- red light
- run a red light
- see (one's) name in lights
- shoot the lights
- shoot the lights out
- shut the lights
- stop the lights
- the bright lights
- the lights are on but no one is at home
- the lights are on but nobody's home
- The lights are on, but nobody's home
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LIGHTS. Those openings in a wall which are made rather for the admission of light, than to look out of. 6 Moore, C. B. 47; 9 Bing. R. 305; 1 Lev. 122; Civ. Code of Lo. art. 711. See Ancient Lights; Windows. LIGHTS
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