Hypertext Webster Gateway: "semaphore"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Semaphore \Sem"a*phore\, n. [Gr. sh^ma a sign + fe`rein to bear:
cf. F. s['e]maphore.]
A signal telegraph; an apparatus for giving signals by the
disposition of lanterns, flags, oscillating arms, etc.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
semaphore
n : an apparatus for visual signaling with lights or
mechanically moving arms
v 1: send signals by or as if by semaphore
2: convey by semaphore, of information
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