2. Figuratively, anything which enlightens intellectually or morally; anything regarded metaphorically a
performing the uses of a lamp.
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
Ps. cxix. 105.
Ages elapsed ere Homer's lamp appeared.
Cowper. 3. (Elec.) A device or mechanism for producing light by electricity. See Incandescent lamp, under
Incandescent.
Æolipile
lamp,
a hollow ball of copper containing alcohol which is converted into vapor by a lamp beneath,
so as to make a powerful blowpipe flame when the vapor is ignited. Weale. — Arc lamp (Elec.), a
form of lamp in which the voltaic arc is used as the source of light. — Dëbereiner's lamp, an apparatus
for the instantaneous production of a flame by the spontaneous ignition of a jet of hydrogen on being
led over platinum sponge; — named after the German chemist Döbereiner, who invented it. Called also
philosopher's lamp. — Flameless lamp, an aphlogistic lamp. — Lamp burner, the part of a lamp
where the wick is exposed and ignited. Knight. — Lamp fount, a reservoir for oil, in a lamp. — Lamp
jack. See 2d Jack, n., 4 (l) & (n). — Lamp shade, a screen, as of paper, glass, or tin, for softening
or obstructing the light of a lamp. — Lamp shell (Zoöl.), any brachiopod shell of the genus Terebratula
and allied genera. The name refers to the shape, which is like that of an antique lamp. See Terebratula.
— Safety lamp, a miner's lamp in which the flame is surrounded by fine wire gauze, preventing the
kindling of dangerous explosive gases; — called also, from Sir Humphry Davy the inventor, Davy lamp.
— To smell of the lamp, to bear marks of great study and labor, as a literary composition.
Lampad
(Lam"pad) n. [Gr. , . See Lamp.] A lamp or candlestick. [R.]
By him who 'mid the golden lampads went.
Trench. Lampadist
(Lam"pa*dist) n. [Gr. fr. torch. See Lamp.] (Gr. Antiq.) One who gained the prize in the
lampadrome.
Lampadrome
(Lam"pa*drome) n. [Gr. torch + course, race, fr. to run.] (Gr. Antiq.) A race run by
young men with lighted torches in their hands. He who reached the goal first, with his torch unextinguished,
gained the prize.
Lampas
(Lam"pas) n. [F. lampas.] An inflammation and swelling of the soft parts of the roof of the
mouth immediately behind the fore teeth in the horse; — called also lampers.
Lampate
(Lam"pate) n. [Cf. F. lampate.] (Chem.) A supposed salt of lampic acid. [Obs.]
Lampblack
(Lamp"black`) n. [Lamp + black.] The fine impalpable soot obtained from the smoke of
carbonaceous substances which have been only partly burnt, as in the flame of a smoking lamp. It consists
of finely divided carbon, with sometimes a very small proportion of various impurities. It is used as an
ingredient of printers' ink, and various black pigments and cements.
Lamper eel
(Lam"per eel`) (Zoöl.) See Lamprey.
Lampern
(Lam"pern) n. [See Lamprey.] (Zoöl.) The river lamprey (Ammocœtes, or Lampetra, fluviatilis).
The name is also applied to other river lampreys.
Lampers
(Lam"pers) n. See Lampas.
Lampic
(Lam"pic) a. [F. lampique, fr. lampe lamp. See Lamp.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or produced
by, a lamp; — formerly said of a supposed acid.