Beacons

//ˈbiːkənz// noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of beacon form-of, plural
Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of beacon form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

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beaconlightsignal light

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""Look at those big, isolated clumps of building rising up above the slates, like brick islands in a lead-coloured sea." "The board-schools." "Light-houses, my boy! Beacons of the future! Capsules with hundreds of bright little seeds in each, out of which will spring the wise, better England of the future.""

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