LIGHT (illumination)
ADJECTIVES
1398 ► BEAMY emitting beams of light, radiant
1400 ► LUCIDENT bright, glowing with or giving off light, lucent → obs.
1420 ► LUCULENT full of light, bright, clear, shining
1560 ► FACULENT bright, clear; giving forth light like a torch → obs.
1575 ► LUMINATE lighted → obs.
1583 ► HATE-LIGHT that hates or shuns light → obs.
1623 ► LUCIBLE bright, glowing with or giving off light, lucent
1656 ► LUCIFEROUS that brings or emits light
1792 ► GLIMMEROUS lighted by fitful light
1794 ► LUMINARY pert. to light
1818 ► INGLE-LIGHTED lighted by the fire → Sc.
1839 ► POLYLYCHNOUS having many lamps or lights → obs.
INTERJECTIONS
1947 ► DIPS! lights out! → UK sl.
NOUNS
1000 ► GLOAMING twilight, dusk, the fall of the evening; shade, dusky light
1175 ► LEAM light, flame; a flash, ray, or gleam of light; brightness, gleam → obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1250 ► LEVIN any bright light or flame → arch.
1300 ► LEVINING lightning; also, the bright flashing of any light → obs.
1466 ► BURNING lighting up; illumination → obs.
1468 ► LUMER light, illumination → obs.
1484 ► LUMINARY an artificial light
1500 ► ILLUMINER a source of light → obs.
1598 ► BEAMLING a little beam or ray of light → obs.
1600 ► FULGOR → FULGOUR dazzling brightness; splendour; a bright light, a dazzling beam
1634 ► FULGURE dazzling brightness; splendour, a bright light, a dazzling beam → obs.
1654 ► LUMINATION a shedding or emission of light
1686 ► LEVITATION the act of becoming lighted; also, the quality of being comparatively light → obs.
1777 ► HODDY-DODDY a revolving light → Eng. dial.
1789 ► SCARROW → SKARROW a faint light or reflection of light, of the moon, from a wall, etc. → Sc.
..19C ► BLINTER a feeble light → Sc.
1808 ► THROUGH-LIGHT a full moon; light all night → Eng. dial.
1814 ► LAMPING a sudden blaze of light
1819 ► SCANCE a gleam; a light → Sc.
1821 ► FLIP a sudden jerk or movement; a flash or flicker of light
1824 ► UNDER-BRIGHT a bright light appearing under the clouds in the horizon
1840 ► BEAMLET a little beam or ray of light
1851 ► CROWN JEWELS sparkles of light → obs.
1857 ► FLY MY KITE a light → rhyming sl.
1877 ► TAW a narrow streak of light → Sc.
1921 ► LUMINAIRE an electric light and its fittings → orig. US
1947 ► DIP a light → UK sl.
1980 ► LANDLORD HALO a notably dim light, as in the hallway of a slum apartment block, but also elsewhere → US sl.
1984 ► FIRESHINE the light from a fire → Amer. dial.
1991 ► PHOTALGIOPHOBIA an abnormal fear of photalgia, pain in the eyes caused by light (Bk.)
1991 ► PHOTOMANIA an abnormal love of light (Bk.)
1991 ► SELAPHOBIA an abnormal fear or dislike of flashes of light (Bk.)
1992 ► DAY AND NIGHT a light (illumination) → UK rhyming sl.
NOUNS, PERSON
1674 ► GLIM-JACK → GLYM JACK a link-boy (a boy employed to carry a link to light passengers along the streets)
1694 ► OBELISCOLYCHNY a light-bearer; one who carries an artificial light → obs.
1707 ► GLIMMERER a link-boy (a boy employed to carry a link to light passengers along the streets) → UK criminals’ sl.
VERBS
..888 ► ONLIGHT to shed light upon; to lighten, to enlighten, to illuminate → obs.
1200 ► BELIGHT to light up, to illuminate → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1300 ► LEAM to shine, to gleam; to light up → obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1300 ► LEVIN to lighten, to emit flashes of light or lightning → obs.
1350 ► SMITE of light, the sun, etc.: to shine on; to beat down on
1375 ► ILLUMINE to light up; to shed light upon; to shine upon; to light up n token of rejoicing or honour
1387 ► LUMINE to light up, to illumine; in early use, to illuminate manuscripts or books → obs.
1490 ► ILLUSTRE to light up; to brighten → obs.
1513 ► QUINKLE of a light: to go out → Sc. obs.
1602 ► ILLUME to light up; to make shining or bright, to brighten
1623 ► LUMINATE to light up → obs.
1625 ► ILLUSTRATE to shed light upon; to light up → obs.
1806 ► ENLIGHTEN to fill with light → Sc. obs.
1808 ► LAMP to light as with a lamp
1825 ► SCARROW to emit a faint light; to gleam intermittently or indistinctly
1878 ► OUTEN to extinguish a fire; to turn off a light → Amer. dial.
1911 ► BLINT to shed a feeble or glimmering light → Sc. (Bk.)
1913 ► RING THE GLIM to turn on light → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1931 ► LIGHT OUT to turn off a light → Amer. dial.
1942 ► CLOSE to turn off a light → Amer. dial.
1942 ► DOUSE THE GLIM to extinguish the light → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► KILL IT to extinguish the light → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► OUT THE LIGHT to extinguish the light → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► PULL THE JUICE to turn off an electric light → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► STRIKE THE LIGHT to extinguish the light → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1966 ► SHUT to turn off a light → Amer. dial.
1972 ► OPEN to turn on a light → Amer. dial.
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