Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A combination of burners with powerful reflectors, used to light a place of public assembly, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A circle or cluster of gas-burners for lighting and ventilating public buildings.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun dated A circle or cluster of
gas burners for lighting and ventilating public buildings.
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Examples
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When they were gone, and Lydia and Staniford had said good-night, and Miss Maria, coming in from the kitchen with a hand-lamp for her father, approached the marble-topped centre-table to blow out the large lamp of pea-green glass with red woollen wick, which had shed the full radiance of a sun-burner upon the festival, she faltered at
The Lady of the Aroostook William Dean Howells 1878
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In addition to its stunning decoration, other unique or rare features include the back stage machinery, the gas sun-burner in the roof (providing both lighting and ventilation), the original sprinkler system, a unique scene-painter's model probably as old as the hall itself,
Londonist 2009
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In addition to its stunning decoration, other unique or rare features include the back stage machinery, the gas sun-burner in the roof (providing both lighting and ventilation), the original sprinkler system, a unique scene-painter's model probably as old as the hall itself,
Londonist 2009
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