Jack o' Lantern

n. pumpkin whose top and stalk are cut out and the inner part removed and then the outer shell is carved in a decorative manner (usually it is illuminated from within by a candle and used for Halloween)

A jack-o'-lantern, sometimes also spelled Jack O'Lantern, is a carved pumpkin. Typically the top is cut off, and the inside flesh then scooped out. An image is carved onto the outside surface, and the lid replaced. During the night, a candle is placed inside to illuminate the effect. Jack-o'-lanterns are associated with the holiday Halloween. The term is not particularly common outside North America.
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A jack-o'-lantern is a decoratively carved pumpkin lit with a candle.Jack-o'-lantern may also refer to:Will-o'-the-wisp, ghostly lights sometimes seen at night or twilight that hover over damp ground in still airJack o'lantern mushroom, Omphalotus olearius, a bioluminescent mushroomJack O'Lantern (DC Comics), two DC Comics superheroes and one supervillainJack O'Lantern (Marvel Comics), four incarnations of a Marvel Comics supervillainDartmouth Jack-O-Lantern, a college humor magazine, founded at Dartmouth College in 1908A fictional character from The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy halloween special
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Noun
1. a pale light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground
(synonym) friar's lantern, ignis fatuus, will-o'-the-wisp
(hypernym) light, visible light, visible radiation
2. lantern carved from a pumpkin
(hypernym) lantern

Noun
1. a large poisonous agaric with orange caps and narrow clustered stalks; the gills are luminescent
(synonym) jack-o-lantern fungus, jack-a-lantern, Omphalotus illudens
(hypernym) agaric
(member-holonym) Omphalotus, genus Omphalotus

(n.)
See Jack-with-a-lantern, under 2d Jack.
  

[Folklore] Many mistakenly believe that Jack o' Lantern was a damned soul, doomed to wander listlessly forever, or that pumpkins carved into Jack o' Lanterns are supposed to hold souls. While the former is partially true, it casts a negative shadow on the true story of Jack o' Lantern, which goes something like this (with variation): There once was a farmer named Jack who was both very lazy and very quick-witted. Now one day, the Devil came to Jack to tempt him, but Jack tricked the Devil into climbing a tree. The Devil could not climb down, and asked Jack for help. "On one condition," Jack replied. "That you not allow me into hell." The Devil could not very well refuse, so he grudgingly agreed and Jack helped him down. As everything does, eventually Jack died. He went straight to hell, but the Devil kept his word, and would not let him in. Jack traveled to heaven, but he had been so bad during his life, they would not let him in heaven either. So Jack hollowed out one of his gourds (it was ori...
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