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2 definitions found
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
light·ship
,
Light-ship
n.
Naut.
A
vessel
equipped
like
a
lighthouse
,
carrying
at
the
masthead
a
brilliant
light
,
and
moored
off
a
shoal
or
place
of
dangerous
navigation
where
a
permanent
lighthouse
would
be
impracticable
,
to
serve
as
a
guide
for
mariners
;
as
,
the
Ambrose
lightship
off
New
York
was
rammed
and
damaged
in
1950
by
the
Santa
Monica
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
lightship
n
:
a
ship
equipped
like
a
lighthouse
and
anchored
where
a
permanent
lighthouse
would
be
impracticable
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