LAMPING

Etymology

Noun

lamping (uncountable)

A form of hunting, at night, in which bright lights or lamps are used to dazzle the hunted animal or to attract insects for capture.

Adjective

lamping (comparative more lamping, superlative most lamping)

(archaic) Bright, flashing, resplendent.

Verb

lamping

present participle of lamp

Anagrams

• palming

Proper noun

Lamping (plural Lampings)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Lamping is the 21119^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1243 individuals. Lamping is most common among White (96.3%) individuals.

Anagrams

• palming

Source: Wiktionary

Lamp"ing, a.

Definition: Shining; brilliant. [Obs.] "Lamping eyes." Spenser.

LAMP

Lamp, n.Etym: [OE. (with excrescent p), fr. F. lame, L. lamina. See Lamina.]

Definition: A thin plate or lamina. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Lamp, n. Etym: [F. lampe, L. lampas, -adis, fr. Gr. Lampad, Lantern.]

1. 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.

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.

3. (Elec.)

Definition: A device or mechanism for producing light by electricity. See Incandescent lamp, under Incandescent. Æolipile 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. See 2d Jack, n., 4 (l) & (n).

– Lamp shade, a screen, as of paper, glass, or tin, for softening or obstructing the light of a lamp.

– Lamp shell (Zoöl.), 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 Davy the inventor, Davy lamp.

– To smell of the lamp, to bear marks of great study and labor, as a literary composition.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition