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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Lantern \Lan"tern\ (l[a^]n"t[~e]rn), noun [F. lanterne, L. lanterna, laterna, from Gr. lampth'r 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 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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Trundle \Trun"dle\, noun [AS. tryndel a little shield. See {Trend}, verb (used without an object)]
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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Trundle \Trun"dle\, verb (used with an object) [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Trundle \Trun"dle\, verb (used without an object)
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) 2.0 [wn]:
trundle
noun
1: a low bed to be slid under a higher bed [syn: {trundle bed}, {truckle bed}, {truckle}]
2: small wheel or roller
verb: move heavily; "the streetcar trundled down the avenue"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
23 Moby Thesaurus words for "trundle": advance, bowl, bunt, butt, drive, forward, furl, impel, move, pedal, pole, propel, push, roll, roll up, row, shove, shunt, sweep, sweep along, thrust, treadle, troll
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