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·noun A thin plate or lamina. II. Lamp ·noun A device or mechanism for producing light by electrici...

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Lamp
1) That part of the candle-sticks of the tabernacle and the temple which bore the light (Ex. 25:37; ...

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lamp
An eye. The cove has a queer lamp. The man has a blind or squinting eye. ...

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Lamp
That part of the golden candlestick belonging to the tabernacle which bore the light; also of each o...

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Blast lamp
·add. ·- A lamp provided with some arrangement for intensifying combustion by means of a blast. ...

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Carcel lamp
·- A French mechanical lamp, for lighthouses, in which a superabundance of oil is pumped to the wick...

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Davy lamp
·- ·see Safety lamp, under <<Lamp>>. ...

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Fresnel lamp
·- ·Alt. of Fres'nel' lan'tern. ...

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Lamp-post
·noun A post (generally a pillar of iron) supporting a lamp or lantern for lighting a street, park, ...

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Pilot lamp
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Pilot light. ...

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Tungsten lamp
·add. ·- An electric glow lamp having filaments of metallic tungsten. Such lamps, owing to the refra...

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slush-lamp
n. a lamp made by filling an oldtin with fat and putting a rag in for wick. The word, thoughnot excl...

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fumigation-lamp
An invention for purifying the air in hospital-ships and close places. ...

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lamp-shells
A name applied to the Terebratulæ of zoologists. ...

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roman-lamp shell
name given in Tasmania to abrachiopod mollusc, Waldheimia flavescens, Lamarck. ...

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