lights (root: light)

• POS: Noun Plural
• COUNT in NET: 15 in 15 verses (in OT : 9 in 9 verses) (in NT : 6 in 6 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

lights, n. pl. [So called from their lightness.].

 The lungs of an animal or bird; -- sometimes coarsely applied to the lungs of a human being.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

lights, n.pl. the lungs of sheep, pigs, bullocks, etc., used as a food esp. for pets.

Etymology

ME, noun use of LIGHT(2): cf. LUNG

THESAURUS

lights

arc, arc light, assumption, attitude, bellows, climate of opinion, color filter, common belief, community sentiment, conceit, concept, conception, conclusion, consensus gentium, consideration, ctenidia, dimmer, estimate, estimation, ethos, eye, feeling, floats, flood, floodlight, footlights, foots, gelatin, general belief, gills, idea, impression, judgment, klieg light, light plot, limelight, lungs, marquee, medium, mind, mystique, notion, observation, opinion, personal judgment, point of view, popular belief, position, posture, presumption, prevailing belief, public belief, public opinion, reaction, sentiment, sight, spot, spotlight, stance, theory, thinking, thought, view, way of thinking