To convey or transport in or as in a lighter, as goods or cargo.

To be employed in the business of transporting goods by means of a lighter.

noun. A boat or vessel, commonly an open flat-bottomed barge, but sometimes decked, used in lightening or unloading and also in loading ships, and for receiving and transporting for short distances passengers or goods, or materials of any kind, usually in a harbor.

noun. Same as lafter.

noun. One who or that which lights or illuminates; specifically, a torch or an electric device for lighting candles or gasjets. A simple form of lighter is a strip of paper rolled into a tapering tube.

noun. plural Blinkers for a horse.

noun. One who, or that which, lights.

noun. A small portable device which produces a flame when a button is pushed, carried on the person to allow one to light cigarettes conveniently, and taking the place of a match. It may have a reservoir of liquid fuel conveyed by a wick, or may contain compressed butane as the fuel.

transitive verb. To convey by a lighter, as to or from the shore.

noun. 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.

noun. a screw for adjusting the distance between the stones in a grinding mill by raising or lowering the bridgetree.

adjective. comparative form of light: more light

noun. A small, reusable, handheld device for creating fire, especially for lighting cigarettes.

noun. A flat-bottomed boat for carrying heavy loads across short distances (especially for canals or for loading or unloading larger boats).

verb. To transfer cargo or fuel from a ship, lightening it to make its draft less or to make it easier to refloat.

adjective. comparative form of light: more light

noun. a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals)

noun. a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire

verb. transport in a flatbottom boat

noun. a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires

""Hollo! in the lighter there -- I say, you _lighter boy_!" were words I heard, as I was pacing the deck of the vessel in deep cogitation Tom and his father were both in the cabin; there could be no doubt but that they were addressed to me."

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