Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pharos"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pharos \Pha"ros\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? an island in the Bay
of Alexandria, where king Ptolemy Philadelphus built a famous
lighthouse.]
A lighthouse or beacon for the guidance of seamen.
He . . . built a pharos, or lighthouse. --Arbuthnot.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pharos
n : a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing
ships [syn: {beacon}, {lighthouse}, {beacon light}]
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