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dighter
English
Etymology
dight +? -er
Noun
dighter (plural dighters)
- (obsolete) One who dights.
Anagrams
- girdeth, girthed, righted
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lighter
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?la?t?/, [?la???]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?la?t?/
- Rhymes: -a?t?(?)
- Hyphenation: light?er
Etymology 1
light (“pale”) +? -er (“comparative”)
Adjective
lighter
- comparative form of light: more light
Etymology 2
light (“ignite”) +? -er (“agent”)
Noun
lighter (plural lighters)
- One who, or that which, lights.
- A small, reusable handheld device for creating fire, especially for lighting cigarettes.
Translations
Etymology 3
light (“unload, lighten”) +? -er (“agent”); or possibly from Middle Low German luchter
Noun
lighter (plural lighters)
- A flat-bottomed boat for carrying heavy loads across short distances (especially for canals or for loading or unloading larger boats).
Translations
Verb
lighter (third-person singular simple present lighters, present participle lightering, simple past and past participle lightered)
- To transfer (cargo or passengers) to or from a ship by means of a lighter or other small vessel.
- 1900. Report of the Commission Appointed by the President to Investigate the Conduct of the War Department in the War with Spain. Vol. 7, pg. 3227.
- Troops and stores were lightered to the wharves inside the harbor by steamers Orizaba and Berkshire.
- 1900. Report of the Commission Appointed by the President to Investigate the Conduct of the War Department in the War with Spain. Vol. 7, pg. 3227.
- To transfer cargo or fuel from (a ship), lightening it to make its draft less or to make it easier to refloat.
Conjugation
Etymology 4
light (“not heavy, weak”) +? -er (“comparative”)
Adjective
lighter
- comparative form of light: more light
Anagrams
- relight
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