Lighter

Webster's Dictionary

(1): ( v. t.) To convey by a lighter, as to or from the shore; as, to lighter the cargo of a ship.

(2): ( n.) A large boat or barge, mainly used in unloading or loading vessels which can not reach the wharves at the place of shipment or delivery.

(3): ( n.) One who, or that which, lights; as, a lighter of lamps.

King James Dictionary

Lighter, n.

1. One that lights as a lighter of lamps. 2. A large open flat-bottomed boat, used in loading and unloading ships.