Part 6523

<p><b>8.</b> <def>The power of perception by vision.</def>

<blockquote>My strength faileth me; as for the <b>light</b> of my eyes, it also is gone from me. <i>Ps. xxxviii. 10.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>9.</b> <def>That which illumines or makes clear to the mind; mental or spiritual illumination; enlightenment; knowledge; information.</def>

<blockquote>He shall never know That I had any <b>light</b> of this from thee. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>10.</b> <def>Prosperity; happiness; joy; felicity.</def>

<blockquote>Then shall thy <b>light</b> break forth as the morning, and thy health shall spring forth speedily. <i>Is. lviii. 8.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>11.</b> <fld>(Paint.)</fld> <def>The manner in which the light strikes upon a picture; that part of a picture which represents those objects upon which the light is supposed to fall; the more illuminated part of a landscape or other scene; -- opposed to <i>shade</i>. Cf. <er>Chiaroscuro</er>.</def>

<p><b>12.</b> <def>Appearance due to the particular facts and circumstances presented to view; point of view; <as>as, to state things fairly and put them in the right <ex>light</ex></as>.</def>

<blockquote>Frequent consideration of a thing . . . shows it in its several <b>lights</b> and various ways of appearance. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>13.</b> <def>One who is conspicuous or noteworthy; a model or example; <as>as, the <ex>lights</ex> of the age or of antiquity</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Joan of Are, A <b>light</b> of ancient France. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>14.</b> <fld>(Pyrotech.)</fld> <def>A firework made by filling a case with a substance which burns brilliantly with a white or colored flame; <as>as, a Bengal <ex>light</ex></as>.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>Light</i> is used figuratively to denote that which resembles physical light in any respect, as illuminating, benefiting, enlightening, or enlivening mankind.</note>

<cs><mcol><col>Ancient lights</col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <col>Calcium light</col>, <col>Flash light</col>, etc.</mcol> <cd>See under <er>Ancient</er>, <er>Calcium</er>, etc.</cd> -- <col>Light ball</col> <fld>(Mil.)</fld>, <cd>a ball of combustible materials, used to afford light; -- sometimes made so as to fired from a cannon or mortar, or to be carried up by a rocket.</cd> -- <col>Light barrel</col> <fld>(Mil.)</fld>, <cd>an empty power barrel pierced with holes and filled with shavings soaked in pitch, used to light up a ditch or a breach.</cd> -- <col>Light dues</col> <fld>(Com.)</fld>, <cd>tolls levied on ships navigating certain waters, for the maintenance of lighthouses.</cd> -- <col>Light iron</col>, <cd>a candlestick.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> -- <col>Light keeper</col>, <cd>a person appointed to take care of a lighthouse or light-ship.</cd> -- <col>Light money</col>, <cd>charges laid by government on shipping entering a port, for the maintenance of lighthouses and light-ships.</cd> -- <col>The light of the countenance</col>, <cd>favor; kindness; smiles.</cd></cs>

<blockquote>Lord, lift thou up <b>the light of thy countenance</b> upon us. <i>Ps. iv. 6.</i></blockquote>

-- <col>Northern lights</col>. <cd>See <cref>Aurora borealis</cref>, under <er>Aurora</er>.</cd> -- <col>To bring to light</col>, <cd>to cause to be disclosed.</cd> -- <col>To come to light</col>, <cd>to be disclosed.</cd> -- <col>To see the light</col>, <cd>to come into the light; hence, to come into the world or public notice; <as>as, his book never <ex>saw the light</ex></as>.</cd><-- also, see the light of day; (b) to come to understand (sometimes used ironically, said of a person who professes to change his opinion after he has been convinced that it will be in his own interest if the facts are different from his initial beliefs) --> -- <col>To stand in one's own light</col>, <cd>to take a position which is injurious to one's own interest.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Light</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>le\'a2ht</ets>. See <er>Light</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar</tt>. <er>Lighter</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>superl</tt>. <er>Lightest</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Having light; not dark or obscure; bright; clear; <as>as, the apartment is <ex>light</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>White or whitish; not intense or very marked; not of a deep shade; moderately colored; <as>as, a <ex>light</ex> color; a <ex>light</ex> brown; a <ex>light</ex> complexion.</as></def>

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<hw>Light</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Lighted</er> <tt>(?)</tt> or <er>Lit</er> (<?/); <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Lighting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[AS. <ets>l<?/htan</ets>, <ets>l\'c6htan</ets>, to shine. <?/. See <er>Light</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To set fire to; to cause to burn; to set burning; to ignite; to kindle; <as>as, to <ex>light</ex> a candle or lamp; to <ex>light</ex> the gas</as>; -- sometimes with <ptcl>up</ptcl>.</def>

<blockquote>If a thousand candles be all <b>lighted</b> from one. <i>Hakewill.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>And the largest lamp is <b>lit</b>. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Absence might cure it, or a second mistress <b>Light</b> up another flame, and put out this. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To give light to; to illuminate; to fill with light; to spread over with light; -- often with <i>up</i>.</def>

<blockquote>Ah, hopeless, lasting flames I like those that burn To <b>light</b> the dead. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>One hundred years ago, to have <b>lit</b> this theater as brilliantly as it is now <b>lighted</b> would have cost, I suppose, fifty pounds. <i>F. Harrison.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The sun has set, and Vesper, to supply His absent beams, has <b>lighted</b> up the sky. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>