Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun On a railway, a lantern fixed to the lever of a switch, indicating by its position, or the color of the light displayed, the condition of the switch and the particular track which is open.
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And then she would think of him as she had seen him that first night, leaning on Friar Tuck's neck and gazing at her in the dim ghostly light of a green switch-lantern -- telling her with his eyes that he loved her.
The Long Chance 1918
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