1) Aid to navigators 2) Apple cultivar 3) Beacon fire 4) British slang for a red nose 5) Exclusively Anglo word 6) Exclusively Saxon word 7) Fire 8) Fire sign 9) Flare 10) Guide with a beacon 11) Guiding light 12) Guiding light to join Tories 13) Guiding signal 14) Guiding tower 15) High light 16) Hill of Boston
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1) Lamp 2) Light 3) Lighthouse 4) Pharos 5) Seamark
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A verbal cue given to a dog while the dog is engaged in the performance of a tunnel (and cant actually see the handler). It is intended usually to alert the dog to the handlers position on course, possibly after a change of sides.
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A lighted or unlighted fixed aid to navigation attached directly to the earth’s surface. (Lights and daybeacons both constitute beacons.)
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A lighted or unlighted fixed aid to navigation attached directly to the earth
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• (n.) A high hill near the shore. • (n.) That which gives notice of danger. • (v. t.) To give light to, as a beacon; to light up; to illumine. • (v. t.) To furnish with a beacon or beacons. • (n.) A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning. • (n.) A signal or conspi...
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city, Dutchess county, southeastern New York, U.S. It lies at the foot of Mount Beacon, on the east bank of the Hudson River (there bridged to ...
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(from the article `lighthouse`) The forerunners of lighthouses proper were beacon fires kindled on hilltops, the earliest references to which are contained in the Iliad and the ...
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1. fixed artificial navigation mark. It may carry a signal light 2. signal light used to indicate a designated geographical location NOTE - In French, the term 'balise' refers also to an artificial object that is used to regulate vehicular or pedestrian traffic.
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Beacons were used to signal long distances before the invention of the telegraph and telephone. They were often placed on hills with good views. In daytime the smoke of a fire would be used to make signal, and at night the light of the fire might be seen. However, it would only be possible to sound the general alarm. They were often organised into...
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A marked post located on a shoal or bank to warn vessels of danger or to mark a channel. A signal mark on land; a light or radio signal.
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Downlink from a spacecraft that immediately indicates the state of the spacecraft as being one of several possible states by virtue of the presence and/or frequency of the subcarrier. See Chapter 10.
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Bea'con (b&mac;'k'n)
noun [ Middle English
bekene , Anglo-Saxon
beácen ,
bēcen ; akin to Old Saxon
bōkan , Fries.
baken ,
beken , sign, signal, Dutch
baak , Old High German
bouhhan , German
bake ; of unknown origin. Confe...
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Bea'con transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Beaconed (-k'nd);
present participle & verbal noun Beaconing .]
1. To give light to, as a beacon; to light up; to illumine. « That
beacons the darkness of heaven....
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A beacon is ignited, combustible materials placed in an iron cage, elevated upon a pole or other natural elevation, so as to be seen from a distance. Beacons were formerly used to guide travellers across unfrequented parts of the country, and to alarm the inhabitants on the occasion of an invasion or a rebellion. It was from the earlier beacons tha...
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Beacon is a variety of apple.
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Beacon is British slang for a red nose.
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A lighted or unlighted fixed aid to navigation attached directly to the earths surface. (Lights and daybeacons both constitute beacons.)
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In wireless networking, a beacon is a packet sent by a connected device to inform other devices of its presence and readiness.
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An apparatus, usually on an airway, which emits light signals to indicate a particular geographical position to aircrews.
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beacon light noun a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships
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beacon fire noun a fire (usually on a hill or tower) that can be seen from a distance
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Frame from a Token Ring or FDDI device indicating a serious problem with the ring, such as a broken cable. A beacon frame contains the address of the station assumed to be down.
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a guiding or warning signal, as a light or fire, esp. one in an elevated position. · a tower or hill used for such purposes. · a lighthouse, signal buoy, etc., on a shore or at a dangerous area at sea to warn and guide vessels. · · Seeradio beacon. · a radar device at a fixed location that, upon receiving a radar pulse,...
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[Literary terms] shine like a light that can be seen from a distance
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