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LAMPS
Noun
lamps
plural of lamp
Verb
lamps
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lamp
Anagrams
• Palms, palms, plasm, psalm
Proper noun
Lamps
plural of Lamp
Anagrams
• Palms, palms, plasm, psalm
Source: Wiktionary
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
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