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A kind of oil used in India for lamps, and for boiling with dammar for pitching vessels. It is pressed from the seeds of a leguminous tree (Pongamia glabra).
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A name given to several plants because they were thought to be a cure for warts, as a kind of spurge (Euphorbia Helioscopia), and the nipplewort (Lampsana communis).
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A trade name applied somewhat indefinitely to some of the volatile products obtained in refining crude petroleum. It is a complex and variable mixture of several hydrocarbons, generally boils below 170ยก Fahr., and is more inflammable than safe kerosene. It is used as a solvent, as a carburetant for air gas, and for illumination in special lamps.
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A match for lighting candles, lamps, etc.
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One who, or that which, lights a lamp; esp., a person who lights street lamps.
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One who, or that which, lights; as, a lighter of lamps.
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To make light or clear; to light; to illuminate; as, to lighten an apartment with lamps or gas; to lighten the streets.
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A branching frame, often of ornamental design, to support electric illuminating lamps.
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A yellow-flowered composite herb (Lampsana communis), formerly used as an external application to the nipples of women; -- called also dock-cress.
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A form of conductor used for dividing and distributing the current to a series of electric lamps so as to maintain equal action in all.
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Any similar fabric for various uses, as for covering plant houses, putting beneath dishes or lamps on a table, securing rigging from friction, and the like.
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A bundle of fibers, or a loosely twisted or braided cord, tape, or tube, usually made of soft spun cotton threads, which by capillary attraction draws up a steady supply of the oil in lamps, the melted tallow or wax in candles, or other material used for illumination, in small successive portions, to be burned.
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A kind of glass which is very hard and difficult to fuse, used as an insulator in electrical lamps and other apparatus.
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Rectified oil of turpentine, used for burning in lamps, and as a common solvent in varnishes.
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A genus of Old World plants belonging to the Pink family (Caryophyllaceae). Most of the species have brilliantly colored flowers and cottony leaves, which may have anciently answered as wicks for lamps. The botanical name is in common use for the garden species. The corn cockle (Lychnis Githago) is a common weed in wheat fields.
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Emitting light, esp. in a continuous manner; radiant; as, shining lamps; also, bright by the reflection of light; as, shining armor.
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