Word Meanings - TORCHLIGHT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The light of a torch, or of torches. Also adjectively; as, a torchlight procession.

• LIGHTLEGGED
  Nimble; swift of foot. Sir P. Sidney.
• Lighterman
  A person employed on, or who manages, a lighter.
• Light-minded
  Unsettled; unsteady; volatile; not considerate.
• Processioning
  A proceeding prescribed by statute for ascertaining and fixing the boundaries of land. See 2d Procession.
• LIGHTMINDED
  Unsettled; unsteady; volatile; not considerate. -- Light"-mind`ed*ness, n.
• Light-fingered
  Dexterous in taking and conveying away; thievish; pilfering; addicted to petty thefts.
• Lightness
  The state, condition, or quality, of being light or not heavy; buoyancy; levity; fickleness; nimbleness; delicacy; grace.
• Torchbearer
  One whose office it is to carry a torch.
• LIGHTSHIP
  A vessel carrying at the masthead a brilliant light, and moored off a shoal or place of dangerous navigation as a guide for mariners.
• Adjectively
  In the manner of an adjective; as, a word used adjectively.
• Light-foot
  Alt. of Light-footed
• Lightning
  A discharge of atmospheric electricity, accompanied by a vivid flash of light, commonly from one cloud to another, sometimes from a cloud to the earth. The sound produced by the electricity in passing rapidly through the atmosphere constitutes thu
• Torcher
  One who gives light with a torch, or as if with a torch.
• LIGHTSTRUCK
  Damaged by accidental exposure to light; light-fogged; -- said of plates or films.
• Light-footed
  Having a light, springy step; nimble in running or dancing; active; as, light-foot Iris.
• Light-o'-love
  An old tune of a dance, the name of which made it a proverbial expression of levity, especially in love matters.
• Torchlight
  The light of a torch, or of torches. Also adjectively; as, a torchlight procession.
• LIGHTWEIGHT
  Light in weight, as a coin; specif., applied to a man or animal who is a lightweight.

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