Definition of "lighter" []

• One that ignites or kindles. (noun)
• A mechanical device for lighting a cigarette, cigar, or pipe. (noun)
• A large flatbottom barge, especially one used to deliver or unload goods to or from a cargo ship or transport goods over short distances. (noun)
• To convey (cargo) in a lighter. (verb-transitive)

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• ""Hollo! in the lighter there -- I say, you _lighter boy_!" were words I heard, as I was pacing the deck of the vessel in deep cogitation Tom and his father were both in the cabin; there could be no doubt but that they were addressed to me."
• "In studying the Old Testament, the rabbis had identified 613 commandments, some of which they classified as lighter and some they considered heavy, or more important."
• "Or, in lighter vein, Billy: By the way, Saxon, talkin 'of accounts, what d'you think Hazel an' Hattie is worth?"