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Lamp
·noun A thin plate or lamina.
II. Lamp ·noun A device or mechanism for producing light by electrici...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Pilot
·noun The cowcatcher of a locomotive.
II. Pilot ·noun An instrument for detecting the compass error...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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; ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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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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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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pilot
An experienced person charged with the ship's course near the coasts, into roads, rivers, &c., and t...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Lamp
That part of the golden candlestick belonging to the tabernacle which bore the light; also of each o...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Argand lamp
·- A lamp with a circular hollow wick and glass chimney which allow a current of air both inside and...
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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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Branch pilot
·- A pilot who has a branch or commission, as from Trinity House, England, for special navigation.
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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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Cow-pilot
·noun A handsomely banded, coral-reef fish, of Florida and the West Indies (Pomacentrus saxatilis);
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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 balloon
·add. ·- A small, unmanned balloon sent up to indicate the direction of air currents.
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Pilot flag
·add. ·- The flag hoisted at the fore by a vessel desiring a pilot, in the United States the union j...
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Pilot light
·add. ·- A small incandescent telltale lamp on a dynamo or battery circuit to show approximately by ...
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Pilot valve
·add. ·- A small hand-operated valve to admit liquid to operate a valve difficult to turn by hand.
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Pilot wheel
·add. ·- A wheel, usually with radial handles projecting from the rim, for traversing the saddle of ...
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Sky pilot
·add. ·- A person licensed as a pilot.
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Tungsten lamp
·add. ·- An electric glow lamp having filaments of metallic tungsten. Such lamps, owing to the refra...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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pilot-bird
n.
This name is given toa sea-bird of the Caribbean Islands. In Australia itis applied to Pycnoptil...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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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...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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branch-pilot
One approved by the Trinity House, and holding a branch, for a particular navigation.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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coasting pilot
A pilot who has become sufficiently acquainted with the nature of any particular coast, to conduct a...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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fumigation-lamp
An invention for purifying the air in hospital-ships and close places.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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lamp-shells
A name applied to the Terebratulæ of zoologists.
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pilot cutter
A very handy sharp-built sea-boat used by pilots.
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pilot-fish
♦ Naucrates ductor, a member of the Scomber family, the attendant on the shark.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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roman-lamp shell
name given in Tasmania to abrachiopod mollusc, Waldheimia flavescens, Lamarck.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris