dark lantern

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dark lantern

A lantern whose light can be blocked, as by a sliding panel.

dark lantern

a lantern having a sliding shutter or panel to dim or hide the light

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dark lantern - a lantern with a single opening and a sliding panel that can be closed to conceal the light

bull's-eye

lantern - light in a transparent protective case

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bull's-eye lantern sconce			Suddenly, the darkness was made visible by a small dark lantern and Raoul instinctively stepped backward as though to escape the scrutiny of a secret enemy. The Phantom of the Opera by Leroux, Gaston View in context The nigger had a dark lantern in his hand, and was throwing the light down the steep incline. The Lair of the White Worm by Stoker, Bram View in context Now listen, you young limb,' whispered Sikes, drawing a dark lantern from his pocket, and throwing the glare full on Oliver's face; 'I'm a going to put you through there. Oliver Twist Or The Parish Boy's Progress by Dickens, Charles View in context			Darío dariole Darius Darius I Darius III Darius Milhaud Darius the Great Darjeeling dark dark adaptation Dark Age Dark Ages dark blue dark bread dark chocolate dark cloud dark comedy Dark Continent dark current dark energy dark field illumination dark glasses dark ground illumination dark horse Dark house dark lantern dark matter dark meat dark nebula dark reaction dark red Dark sentence dark star dark-blue dark-brown dark-coated dark-colored dark-coloured dark-eyed dark-eyed junco dark-field illumination dark-field microscope dark-fruited dark-gray dark-green dark-grey dark-haired dark-skinned dark-spotted darken darkened			dark horse dark horse dark horse Dark horse (disambiguation) Dark horse (disambiguation) Dark horse candidate Dark horse candidate Dark Horse Comics Dark Horse Fencing Club Dark Horse Percussion Dark Horse Presents Dark Horse United dark horses dark horses Dark house Dark humor Dark humour Dark Improvised Music Project Dark Indigo Dark Indigo Dark Indigo Dark Jedi Dark Jedi Brotherhood Dark Jedi Council Dark Jedi Knight Dark Jedi Organization Dark Knight Dark Knight Returns Dark Knights of Sylvanas Dark Lady, The dark lantern dark laser Dark Latin Groove Dark Latin Groove Dark leader Dark Learning Dark Legacy Dark Legends Strike Back Dark Lich dark lightning Dark Like Deep Water Dark Liquidity Pool Dark liquidity pools Dark Long Night Dark Lord Dark Lord Day Dark Lord of the Sith Dark Lord Potter Dark Lords of Carnage and Chaos Dark Lords of the Sith Dark Lotus Dark Magic Dark Magic Dark Magician Dark Magician Girl Dark Magician of Chaos Dark Majesty

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