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Webster 1913 Edition

Lamp

Lamp

(lămp)
,
Noun.
[OE. (with excrescent
p
), fr. F.
lame
, L.
lamina
. See
Lamina
.]
A thin plate or lamina.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
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.
Aeolipile 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
,
Noun.
, 4
(l)
&
(n)
.
–
Lamp shade
,
a screen, as of paper, glass, or tin, for softening or obstructing the light of a lamp.
–
Lamp shell
(Zool.)
,
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Lamp

LAMP

,
Noun.
[L. lampas; Gr. to shine; Heb.]
1.
A vessel for containing oil to be burned by means of a wick; or a light, a burning wick inserted in a vessel of oil. Hence,
2.
Figuratively, a light of any kind. The moon is called the lamp of heaven.
Thy gentle eyes send forth a quickening spirit, to feed the dying lamp of life within me.
Lamp of safety, or safety lamp, a lamp for lighting coal mines, without exposing workmen to the explosion of inflammable air.

Definition 2024

lamp

lamp

See also: LAMP

English

Noun

lamp ‎(plural lamps)

  1. A device that generates heat, light or other radiation. Especially an electric light bulb.
  2. A device containing oil, burnt through a wick for illumination; an oil lamp.
  3. A piece of furniture holding one or more electric light sockets.

Synonyms

  • See also Wikisaurus:light source

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

lamp ‎(third-person singular simple present lamps, present participle lamping, simple past and past participle lamped)

  1. (slang) To hit, clout, belt, wallop.
  2. To hunt at night using a lamp; see lamping.
  3. (slang) To hang out or chill; to do nothing in particular.

Anagrams

References

  • lamp in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɑmp
  • IPA(key): /lɑmp/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch lampe, from Old French lampe, from Latin lampas ‎(“lamp; torch; lantern”), from Latin Ancient Greek λαμπάς ‎(lampás, “torch; lamp”), from λάμπω ‎(lámpō, “shine”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂p- ‎(“glow”).

Noun

lamp f ‎(plural lampen, diminutive lampje n)

  1. lamp

Derived terms

Anagrams

Old English

Pronunciation

Verb

lamp

  1. first-person singular present of limpan
  2. third-person singular present of limpan

Polish

Noun

lamp

  1. genitive plural of lampa

Veps

Noun

lamp

  1. lamp

Inflection

Inflection of lamp
nominative sing. lamp
genitive sing. lampan
partitive sing. lampad
partitive plur. lampoid
singular plural
nominative lamp lampad
accusative lampan lampad
genitive lampan lampoiden
partitive lampad lampoid
essive-instructive lampan lampoin
translative lampaks lampoikš
inessive lampas lampoiš
elative lampaspäi lampoišpäi
illative ? lampoihe
adessive lampal lampoil
ablative lampalpäi lampoilpäi
allative lampale lampoile
abessive lampata lampoita
comitative lampanke lampoidenke
prolative lampadme lampoidme
approximative I lampanno lampoidenno
approximative II lampannoks lampoidennoks
egressive lampannopäi lampoidennopäi
terminative I ? lampoihesai
terminative II lampalesai lampoilesai
terminative III lampassai —
additive I ? lampoihepäi
additive II lampalepäi lampoilepäi

Derived terms

References

  • Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “лампа, светильник”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Welsh

Etymology

IE *leuk- ‘light, brightness’,

Noun

lamp f (plural lampau)

  1. lamp

Synonyms

Etymology

From Middle English lampe, from Old French lampe ‎(“lamp, light”), from Latin lampas ‎(“torch, lamp, light”), from Ancient Greek λαμπάς ‎(lampás, “torch, lamp, beacon, light, meteor”), from Proto-Indo-European *lāp- ‎(“to shine”). Cognate with Lithuanian lópė ‎(“light”), Welsh llachar ‎(“bright”). Replaced Middle English leohtfet, lihtfat ‎(“lamp, sconce, candlestick”), from Old English lēohtfæt ‎(“lamp, lantern, torch, light”, literally “light-vat, light-vessel”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lamp/

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