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search·light (sʉrc̸h′līt′)

noun

  1. an apparatus containing a light and reflector on a swivel, for projecting a strong, far-reaching beam in any direction
  2. such a beam

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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