friar's lantern


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fri·ar's lantern

(frī′ərz)
n.
See ignis fatuus.
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friar's lantern

n
(Chemistry) another name for will-o'-the-wisp
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
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Noun1.friar's lantern - a pale light sometimes seen at night over marshy groundfriar's lantern - a pale light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground
ignis fatuus, jack-o'-lantern, will-o'-the-wisp
light, visible light, visible radiation - (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation; "the light was filtered through a soft glass window"
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