lighthouses

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lighthouses - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Lighthouse \Light"house`\ (l[imac]t"hous`), n.; pl.
     Lighthouses (l[imac]t"houz`[e^]z).
     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 to mariners at night; a
     pharos.
     [1913 Webster]