Part 6527

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To free from trouble and fill with joy.</def>

<blockquote>They looked unto him, were <b>lightened</b>. <i>Ps. xxxiv. 5.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Lighten</h1> <Xpage=852>

<hw>Light"en</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Light</er> not heavy.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To make lighter, or less heavy; to reduce in weight; to relieve of part of a load or burden; <as>as, to <ex>lighten</ex> a ship by unloading; to <ex>lighten</ex> a load or burden.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To make less burdensome or afflictive; to alleviate; <as>as, to <ex>lighten</ex> the cares of life or the burden of grief</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To cheer; to exhilarate.</def>

<blockquote><b>Lighens</b> my humor with his merry jests. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Lighter</h1> <Xpage=852>

<hw>Light"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, lights; <as>as, a <ex>lighter</ex> of lamps</as>.</def>

<h1>Lighter</h1> <Xpage=852>

<hw>Light"er</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[D. <ets>ligter</ets>, fr. <ets>ligt</ets> light. See <er>Light</er> not heavy.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A large boat or barge, mainly, used in unloading or loading vessels which can not reach the wharves at the place of shipment or delivery.</def>

<cs><col>Lighter screw</col> <fld>(Mach.)</fld>, <cd>a screw for adjusting the distance between the stones in a grinding mill by raising or lowering the bridgetree.</cd></cs>

<h1>Lighter</h1> <Xpage=852>

<hw>Light"er</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To convey by a lighter, as to or from the shore; <as>as, to <ex>lighter</ex> the cargo of a ship</as>.</def>

<h1>Lighterage</h1> <Xpage=852>

<hw>Light"er*age</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The price paid for conveyance of goods on a lighter.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The act of unloading into a lighter, or of conveying by a lighter.</def>

<h1>Lighterman</h1> <Xpage=852>

<hw>Light"er*man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Lightermen</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>A person employed on, or who manages, a lighter.</def>

<h1>Light-fingered</h1> <Xpage=852>

<hw>Light"-fin`gered</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Dexterous in taking and conveying away; thievish; pilfering; addicted to petty thefts.</def>

<i>Fuller.</i>

<h1>Light-foot, Light-footed</h1> <Xpage=852>

<hw><hw>Light"-foot`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Light"-foot`ed</hw>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having a light, springy step; nimble in running or dancing; active; <as>as, <ex>light-foot</ex> Iris</as>.</def>

<i>Tennyson.</i>

<h1>Lightful</h1> <Xpage=852>

<hw>Light"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Full of light; bright.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> "<i>Lightful</i> presence."

<i>Marston.</i>