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† obeliscoˈlychny Obs. rare.
[a. F. obeliscolychnie (Rabelais), ad. Gr. ὀβελισκολύχνιον, a spit used (by soldiers) as a lamp-holder, f. ὀβελίσκος small spit + λυχνίον lamp-stand.]
A lighthouse; a light-bearer.
1694Motteux Rabelais iv. xxii, I see a Light on an Obeliscolychny. Ibid. v. xxxiii, We were conducted..by those Obeliscolychnys, Military-Guards of the Port, with high⁓crown'd Hats. |