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lights

nounnounverbcommon in dialogue

  • //laɪts//

The lungs, now chiefly of an animal (being lighter than adjacent parts).

noun

  1. 1

    Also a form of lightplural of light

    He often gazes out at the distant lights across the bay.

noun

  1. 1

    The lungs, now chiefly of an animal (being lighter than adjacent parts).

    a stew of hogs' lights and potatoes

    But forst him gape and gaspe, with dread aghast, / As if his lungs and lites were nigh asunder brast.

    […] / hard puffing breasts and dance-o'erwearied lungs. / And truly had the crier will'd to shout / The doughty Piper's name through polish's trump, / His breath had not suffic'd to twang it out, / So did the poor man's lights puff, pant, and jump: / Wherefore to rest them from that dancing-bout, / […]

    A hog's lights (or lungs), spleen, and brain found their way into dishes, as did the heart, liver, kidneys, and head, all considered delicacies. Even the feet, ears, and tail were eaten. The hooves were boiled to make glue.

verb

  1. 1

    Also a form of lightthird-person singular simple present indicative of light

    He usually lights a nice fire in the fireplace to kick off a winter weekend right.

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