Beacon: alternatives and connections

Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.

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The act or method of conducting; guidance; management.

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Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.

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The leather strap by which the shield of a knight was slung across the shoulder, or across the neck and shoulder.

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One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though…

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To emit rays of light; to give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit brightness or splendor; as, the sun shines by day; the moon shines by…

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Taken.

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A mass of building standing alone and insulated, usually higher than its diameter, but when of great size not always of that proportion.

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A tower or other building with a powerful light at top, erected at the entrance of a port, or at some important point on a coast, to serve as a guide…

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A lighthouse or beacon for the guidance of seamen.

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