The Collaborative International Dictionary
Revolving \Re*volv"ing\, a. Making a revolution or revolutions; rotating; -- used also figuratively of time, seasons, etc., depending on the revolution of the earth.
But grief returns with the revolving year.
--Shelley.
Revolving seasons, fruitless as they pass.
--Cowper.
Revolving firearm. See Revolver.
Revolving light, a light or lamp in a lighthouse so arranged as to appear and disappear at fixed intervals, either by being turned about an axis so as to show light only at intervals, or by having its light occasionally intercepted by a revolving screen.
Usage examples of "revolving light".
The revolving light on its roof lit up the forest beside the road: blue-black, blue-black, blue-black.
The light in the telephone booth was burned out, so he stood in darkness, except when an occasional flash from the revolving light over the bar streamed through the booth's little round window.
For an instant they were bathed in the intense crimson glow from its revolving light.
The revolving light moved on and off her face, searching her out, while the number of women moaning on the tape seemed to increase with every turn of the loop.
To the north, the revolving light of Pendeen Watch swung in a white glare through the dark of the gathering storm.
On the periphery of the action Wynton Kresge leaned against an old, beige Dodge Aspen crowned by a blue revolving light.
The yellow glow from the revolving light on the tow-truck's cab pulsed on his face like jaundice.