beacon

• The memory of his dream shone in his mind like a beacon, and he sprang from his bed. —  The Kinslayer Wars
• Half the use of the beacon was at night, but there wasn't a chance that a night flyer would see a fire on the ground unless it was much larger than one that two people could build and tend alone. —  The Silver Gryphon
• Now, however, that work was done and Llanelli established, and what shone in Rhoslyn's mind like a beacon was the end of the conversation she had had with Pasgen. —  Ill Met By Moonlight
• The word is waiting at the next beacon, which is the contact-control for our present patrol sector. —  Passage at Arms
• "Hark ye, Master Lance, it must be all over, for the beacon is as black as night; and you know yourself that marks the Lord's death." —  Peveril of the Peak

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