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a flame you put on a leash so darkness has to negotiate
means A portable or hanging case with transparent sides that shields a light source so it can be carried or set out to cast a steady glow.
from From Latin lanterna, itself borrowed from Greek lamptēr, 'a torch or light,' rooted in lampein, 'to shine' — the same gleam that gives us 'lamp.' English took it through Old French lanterne. The old spelling 'lanthorn' is a bit of folk etymology: thin sheets of translucent horn really were used for the panes, so people reshaped the word to fit what they saw, though the true root never had any horn in it.
- first design
- Ancient Greeks carried oil lamps in horn cases
- anglerfish
- Deep-sea fish dangle glowing bacterial lanterns as bait
- festival
- Thousands released skyward at Thailand's Yi Peng glow
- jack-o
- Originally carved from turnips, not pumpkins, in Ireland
- firefly trick
- Some lanterns once held living fireflies for light
diogenes lantern — ancient greek philosopher's symbolic lantern used in daylight to search for an honest man
jack-o-lantern — carved pumpkin tradition from halloween, originated from irish turnip carving in the 1800s