Lights
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /laɪts/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Lights is a noun meaning plural of light.
Meaning
plural of light.
More Meanings
- The lungs, now chiefly of an animal (being lighter than adjacent parts).
- third-person singular simple present indicative of light
Example Sentences
But forst him gape and gaspe, with dread aghast, / As if his lungs and lites were nigh asunder brast.
A hog's lights (or lungs), spleen, and brain found their way into dishes, as did the heart, liver, kidneys, and head, all considered delicacies. Even the feet, ears, and tail were eaten. The hooves were boiled to make glue.
[…] / hard puffing breasts and dance-o'erwearied lungs. / And truly had the crier will'd to shout / The doughty Piper's name through polish's trump, / His breath had not suffic'd to twang it out, / So did the poor man's lights puff, pant, and jump: / Wherefore to rest them from that dancing-bout, / […]
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