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Morse lamp

American  

noun

  1. a blinker lamp for signaling in Morse code.


Example Sentences

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A flash of light, bouncing across a mile of sea, cut through the sparkle of the waves like a Morse lamp.

From The Guardian

By the evidence of Mr. Groves, the master, in reply to his report, said: "Call her up on the Morse lamp, and see if you can get any answer."

From Project Gutenberg

I told Gibson to go down to the master, and be sure and wake him, and tell him that altogether we had seen eight of these white lights like white rockets in the direction of this other steamer; that this steamer was disappearing in the southwest, that we had called her up repeatedly on the Morse lamp and received no information whatsoever.

From Project Gutenberg

But instead an unearthly stillness brooded over the two bays, and only a Morse lamp blinking at the sweeper suggested that any living thing was there.

From Project Gutenberg

The tension relaxed, a subdued cheer broke from the crew of the drifter as she gathered speed, and the Morse lamp winked its order for concerted action to the other drifter somewhere in the darkness around.

From Project Gutenberg