Light cavalry, Light horse (Mil.), light-armed soldiers mounted on
strong and active horses. -- Light eater, one who eats but little. --
Light infantry, infantry soldiers selected and trained for rapid
evolutions. -- Light of foot. (a) Having a light step. (b) Fleet. --
Light of heart, gay, cheerful. -- Light oil (Chem.), the oily product,
lighter than water, forming the chief part of the first distillate of
coal tar, and consisting largely of benzene and toluene. -- Light sails
(Naut.), all the sails above the topsails, with, also, the studding
sails and flying jib. Dana. -- Light sleeper, one easily wakened. --
Light weight, a prize fighter, boxer, wrestler, or jockey, who is below
a standard medium weight. Cf. Feather weight, under Feather. [Cant] --
To make light of, to treat as of little consequence; to slight; to
disregard. -- To set light by, to undervalue; to slight; to treat as of
no importance; to despise.
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Light (lt), adv. Lightly; cheaply. Hooker.
Light, v. t. [See Light not heavy, and cf. Light to alight, and Lighten
to make less heavy.] To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.
[Obs.]
From his head the heavy burgonet did light.
Spenser.
Light, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lighted (-d) or Lit (lt); p. pr. & vb. n.
Lighting.] [AS. lhtan to alight, orig., to relieve (a horse) of the
rider's burden, to make less heavy, fr. lht light. See Light not heavy,
and cf. Alight, Lighten to make light.] 1. To dismount; to descend, as
from a horse or carriage; to alight; -- with from, off, on, upon, at,
in.
When she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel.
Gen. xxiv. 64.
Slowly rode across a withered heath, And lighted at a ruined inn.
Tennyson.