Lantern /(lăn"tẽrn)/

Lan·tern

Lantern

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.
An open structure of light material set upon a roof, to give light and air to the interior. (Arch.)
A lantern pinion or trundle wheel. See Lantern pinion (below). (Mach.)
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. (Steam Engine)
A perforated barrel to form a core upon. (Founding)
See Aristotle's lantern. (Zool.)

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: 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: 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.

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Lanterned; p. pr. & vb. n. Lanterning