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pharos
(encz) | pharos,maják n: Zdeněk Brož |
Pharos
(gcide) | Pharos \Pha"ros\, n. [L., fr. Gr. fa`ros, fr. Fa`ros an island
in the Bay of Alexandria, where king Ptolemy Philadelphus
built a famous lighthouse, one of the seven wonders of the
ancient world.]
A lighthouse or beacon for the guidance of seamen.
[1913 Webster]
He . . . built a pharos, or lighthouse. --Arbuthnot.
[1913 Webster] |
pharos
(wn) | pharos
n 1: a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to
passing ships [syn: beacon, lighthouse, beacon light,
pharos] |
PHAROS
(bouvier) | PHAROS. A light-house or beacon. It is derived from Phams, a small island at
the mouth of the Nile, on which was built a watch-tower.
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blepharospasm
(encz) | blepharospasm,blefarospazmus n: Zdeněk Brož |
pharos
(encz) | pharos,maják n: Zdeněk Brož |
blepharospasm
(wn) | blepharospasm
n 1: spasm of the eyelid muscle resulting in closure of the eye |
pharos
(wn) | pharos
n 1: a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to
passing ships [syn: beacon, lighthouse, beacon light,
pharos] |
tower of pharos
(wn) | Tower of Pharos
n 1: a great lighthouse (500 feet high) built at Alexandria in
285 BC |
PHAROS
(bouvier) | PHAROS. A light-house or beacon. It is derived from Phams, a small island at
the mouth of the Nile, on which was built a watch-tower.
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