See also:

• BEACON (from the O. Eng. beacn, a sign, cf. " beckon," another form of the same word)

BEACON (from the O. Eng. beacn, a sign, cf. " beckon," another See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of the same word)  , a See also:

• SIGNAL

signal, especially a See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire lit on a high See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill, structure or See also:

• BUILDING

building for the purpose of sending a See also:

• MESSAGE (a word occurring in slightly different forms in several languages, e.g. Fr. message, Span. mensaje, Ital. messagio; adapted from the Low Lat. missaticum, from mittere)

message of alarm or of important See also:

• NEWS

news over See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long distances . Such was the See also:

• COURIER (from the O. Fr. courier, modern courrier, from Lat. currere, to run)
• COURIER, PAUL LOUIS (1773`1825)

courier-fire (6. yapos avp) that brought the news of the fall of See also:

• TROY
• TROY, JEAN FRANCOIS DE (1679–1752)

Troy to See also:

• ARGOS

Argos (See also:

• AESCHYLUS (525–456 B.c.)

Aeschylus, See also:

• AGAMEMNON

Agamemnon), or the See also:

• CHAIN (through the O. Fr. citable, chcene, &c., from Lat. catena)

chain of signals that told of the approach of the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish See also:

• ARMADA, THE

Armada, or which circled the See also:

• BRITISH

British Isles in the See also:

• JUBILEE (or JUBILE), YEAR OF

jubilee years of 1887 and 1897 . The word occurs in many names for lofty and conspicuous hills, such as Dunkery See also:

• BEACON (from the O. Eng. beacn, a sign, cf. " beckon," another form of the same word)

Beacon in See also:

• SOMERSET, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• SOMERSET, EDMUND BEAUFORT, DUKE OF (c. 1404–1455)
• SOMERSET, EDWARD SEYMOUR, DUKE OF (c. 1506–1552)
• SOMERSET, LORD ROBERT EDWARD HENRY (1776-1842)
• SOMERSET, ROBERT CARR (or KER), EARL OF (e. 1590-1645)

Somerset, the highest point on Exmoor . On many such hills the remains of old beacon towers and cressets are still found . The word is used generally of a lighthouse, but technically it means either a small unattended See also:

• LIGHT

light, a superstructure on a floating See also:

• BUOY

buoy, such as a See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff and cage, or staff and globe, or an unlighted structure, forming a conspicuous See also:

• OBJECT

object at See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea, used in each See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case to See also:

• GUIDE (in Mid. Eng. gyde, from the Fr. guide; the earlier French form was guie, English " guy," the d was due to the Italian form guida; the ultimate origin is probably Teutonic, the word being connected with the base seen in O. Eng. witan, to know)

guide or warn sailors .