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noun
1.
a large, open, flat-bottomed barge, used in unloading and loading ships offshore or in transporting goods for short distances in shallow waters.
verb (used with object)
2.
to convey in or as if in a lighter.
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Lightered
is always a great word to know.
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| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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lighter
"barge," 1487, from light (adj.), with a sense of lightening a load. They are used in loading or unloading ships that cannot approach a wharf.
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