beacon
beacon is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 5 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A signal or conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners.
- 2.A high hill near the shore. [Prov. Eng.]
- 3.That which gives notice of danger. Modest doubt is called The beacon of the wise. Shak. Beacon fire, a signal fire.
- 4.To give light to, as a beacon; to light up; to illumine. That beacons the darkness of heaven. Campbell.
- 5.To furnish with a beacon or beacons.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- What is a signal or conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners called?
- What is a high hill near the shore. [Prov. Eng.] called?
- What is that which gives notice of danger. Modest doubt is called The beacon of the wise. Shak. Beacon fire, a signal fire called?
- What is to give light to, as a beacon; to light up; to illumine. That beacons the darkness of heaven. Campbell called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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