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Webster 1913 Edition
Lamp
Lamp
(lămp)
, Noun.
A thin plate or lamina.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
2.
Figuratively, anything which enlightens intellectually or morally; anything regarded metaphorically a performing the uses of a lamp.
Thy word is a
lamp
unto my feet, and a light unto my path. Ps. cxix. 105.
Ages elapsed ere Homer’s
lamp
appeared. Cowper.
Aeolipile lamp
, a hollow ball of copper containing alcohol which is converted into vapor by a lamp beneath, so as to make a powerful blowpipe flame when the vapor is ignited.
Weale.
– Arc lamp
(Elec.)
, a form of lamp in which the voltaic arc is used as the source of light.
– Dëbereiner's lamp
, an apparatus for the instantaneous production of a flame by the spontaneous ignition of a jet of hydrogen on being led over platinum sponge; – named after the German chemist
– Döbereiner
, who invented it. Called also philosopher's lamp
. Flameless lamp
, an aphlogistic lamp.
– Lamp burner
, the part of a lamp where the wick is exposed and ignited.
Knight.
– Lamp fount
, a reservoir for oil, in a lamp.
– Lamp jack
. – Lamp shade
, a screen, as of paper, glass, or tin, for softening or obstructing the light of a lamp.
– Lamp shell
(Zool.)
, any brachiopod shell of the genus
– Terebratula
and allied genera. The name refers to the shape, which is like that of an antique lamp. See Terebratula
. Safety lamp
, a miner's lamp in which the flame is surrounded by fine wire gauze, preventing the kindling of dangerous explosive gases; – called also, from
– Sir Humphry
the inventor, Davy
Davy lamp
. To smell of the lamp
, to bear marks of great study and labor, as a literary composition.
Webster 1828 Edition
Lamp
LAMP
,Noun.
1.
A vessel for containing oil to be burned by means of a wick; or a light, a burning wick inserted in a vessel of oil. Hence,2.
Figuratively, a light of any kind. The moon is called the lamp of heaven.Thy gentle eyes send forth a quickening spirit, to feed the dying lamp of life within me.
Lamp of safety, or safety lamp, a lamp for lighting coal mines, without exposing workmen to the explosion of inflammable air.