Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. See davy.
Wiktionary
- n. A miners’ lamp or safety lamp used in coal mines to warn against methane (firedamp).
GNU Webster's 1913
- See Safety lamp, under lamp.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an oil lamp that will not ignite flammable gases (methane)
Etymologies
- after Sir Humphry Davy (Wiktionary)
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In the Collieries
A collection of coal mining and colliery terms. Some British, some Scots, and some, Other. Many terms are quite to the point; others colorful and imaginative.
Also see Middlesmith's li...fire-damp, black-damp, choke-damp, skip, basket, gallery, Gregory lamp, pit, balance, balancer, tenter, coupler and 313 more...
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More Light!
light, lamp, Betty lamp, lightbulb, floor lamp, lantern, candle, gas mantle, Davy lamp, Geordie lamp, limelight, spotlight and 50 more...
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