lighter


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lighter1
noun a device producing a small flame, used to light cigarettes.



Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lighter2
noun a flat-bottomed barge used to transfer goods to and from ships in harbour.
– derivatives
lighterman noun (pl. lightermen).
– origin ME: from light2 (in the sense ‘unload’), or from Mid. Low Ger. luchter.
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