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Magical Lanthorn [in Opticks]
Magical Lanthorn [in Opticks] an
instrument that by means whereof, little painted images are represented on an
opposite wall of a dark room, magnified to any bigness at
pleasure.
Definition taken from
The Universal Etymological English Dictionary,
edited by Nathan Bailey (1736)
Laˊnthorn *
Lawless Court [so called, because held at an unlawful hour]