lamp

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  1. noun A device that generates light, heat, or therapeutic radiation.
  2. noun A vessel containing oil or alcohol burned through a wick for illumination.
  3. noun A celestial body that gives off or reflects light.
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  • I saw Jesus standing on the other side of the table with a sad look on his face, pointing to the lamp and saying, “Your lamp is about to go out.” —  Personal Experiences of S O Susag
  • Strewn over a table under a lamp was a muddle of odds and ends such as had littered their mother's bed. —  Dread Companion
  • The light began to flicker, and he investigated, swearing when he found the palm oil in the lamp was almost exhausted. —  Conan the Wanderer
  • The scene opens with him at his midnight studies — his lamp is almost burned out — and he has been searching for knowledge and has not found it, but only that —  The Life of Lord Byron
  • - —  Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows
 

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  1. Middle English lampe, from Old French, from Latin lampas, from Greek, from lampein, to shine.

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  1. Early modern English lampe; from Middle English lampe, laumpe = Dutch lamp = Middle Low German lampe = Middle High German G. lampe, = Danish lampe = Swedish lampa, from Old French (also F.) lampe = Spanish lampo = Portuguese lampeão = Italian lampa, lampade, from Latin lampas (lampad-), from Greek λαμπάς (λαμπαδ-), a torch, wax-light, lamp (oil-lamp), beacon, meteor, any light, from λάμπειν, shine. Cf. lantern, from the same ult. source.
  2. from lamp, n.
  3. Prob. akin to limp, as crampto crimp.
  4. Middle English, also lampe, for * lame, from Old French lame, a thin plate: see lame.
 

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