Lamp \Lamp\, n.[OE. (with excrescent p), fr. F. lame, L. lamina.
See Lamina.]
A thin plate or lamina. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Lamp \Lamp\, n. [F. lampe, L. lampas, -adis, fr. Gr. ?, ?,
torch, fr. ? to give light, to shine. Cf. Lampad,
Lantern.]
1. A light-producing vessel, instrument or apparatus;
especially, a vessel with a wick used for the combustion
of oil or other inflammable liquid, for the purpose of
producing artificial light.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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