lighter

To convey or transport in or as in a lighter, as goods or cargo.

To be employed in the business of transporting goods by means of a lighter.

A boat or vessel, commonly an open flat-bottomed barge, but sometimes decked, used in lightening or unloading and also in loading ships, and for receiving and transporting for short distances passengers or goods, or materials of any kind, usually in a harbor.

Same as lafter.

One who or that which lights or illuminates; specifically, a torch or an electric device for lighting candles or gasjets. A simple form of lighter is a strip of paper rolled into a tapering tube.

plural Blinkers for a horse.

One who, or that which, lights.

A small portable device which produces a flame when a button is pushed, carried on the person to allow one to light cigarettes conveniently, and taking the place of a match. It may have a reservoir of liquid fuel conveyed by a wick, or may contain compressed butane as the fuel.

To convey by a lighter, as to or from the shore.

A large boat or barge, mainly used in unloading or loading vessels which can not reach the wharves at the place of shipment or delivery.