Lamp

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A thin plate or lamina.

II. Lamp ·noun A device or mechanism for producing light by electricity. ·see Incandescent lamp, under Incandescent.

III. Lamp ·noun Figuratively, anything which enlightens intellectually or morally; anything regarded metaphorically a performing the uses of a lamp.

IV. Lamp ·noun A light-producing vessel, instrument or apparatus; especially, a vessel with a wick used for the combustion of oil or other inflammable liquid, for the purpose of producing artificial light.

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