The Imperial Dictionary of the English Language: A Complete Encyclopedic Lexicon, Literary, Scientific, and Technological, Volumen3Blackie & son; New-York, The Century Company, 1883 |
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... light of a lamp , whether in appearance or use ; anything possessing or communicat- ing light , real or metaphorical . Thy gentle eyes send forth a quickening spirit , Rowe . And feed the dying lamp of life within me . Lamp ( lamp ) ...
... light of a lamp , whether in appearance or use ; anything possessing or communicat- ing light , real or metaphorical . Thy gentle eyes send forth a quickening spirit , Rowe . And feed the dying lamp of life within me . Lamp ( lamp ) ...
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... light shed by a lamp . Walking in the dim lamplight of the Piazza . ' Macaulay . Lamplighter ( lamp'lit - ér ) , n . A man em- ployed to light street lamps . Lampoon ( lam - pön ' ) , n . [ Fr. lampon , a drinking or scurrilous song ...
... light shed by a lamp . Walking in the dim lamplight of the Piazza . ' Macaulay . Lamplighter ( lamp'lit - ér ) , n . A man em- ployed to light street lamps . Lampoon ( lam - pön ' ) , n . [ Fr. lampon , a drinking or scurrilous song ...
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... light , a beacon , from lampō , to shine . ] 1. A case LANTERN inclosing a light and protecting it from wind and ch , chain ; ch , Sc . loch ; g , go : j , job ; w , wig ; wh , whig ; zh , azure . See KEY . n . Fr. ton ; ng , sing : TH ...
... light , a beacon , from lampō , to shine . ] 1. A case LANTERN inclosing a light and protecting it from wind and ch , chain ; ch , Sc . loch ; g , go : j , job ; w , wig ; wh , whig ; zh , azure . See KEY . n . Fr. ton ; ng , sing : TH ...
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... light and protecting it from wind and rain , sometimes portable and sometimes fixed . In war - ships and other large vessels there are poop lanterns , mast - head lanterns , b Ship's Lanterns . a , Octagon . b , Mast - head . Signal ...
... light and protecting it from wind and rain , sometimes portable and sometimes fixed . In war - ships and other large vessels there are poop lanterns , mast - head lanterns , b Ship's Lanterns . a , Octagon . b , Mast - head . Signal ...
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... light is to be admitted . Such windows were once general in England . The mother of Sisera looked out at a window , and cried through the lattice . Judg . v . 28 . ( b ) A blind for a window constructed in a similar way . - 3 . In her ...
... light is to be admitted . Such windows were once general in England . The mother of Sisera looked out at a window , and cried through the lattice . Judg . v . 28 . ( b ) A blind for a window constructed in a similar way . - 3 . In her ...
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