lamp : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: lamp	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for lamp
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lamp n an artificial source of visible illumination a piece of furniture holding one or more electric light bulbs
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lamp \Lamp\, n.[OE. (with excrescent p), fr. F. lame, L. lamina. See {Lamina}.] A thin plate or lamina. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Lamp (1.) That part of the candle-sticks of the tabernacle and the temple which bore the light (Ex. 25:37; 1 Kings 7:49; 2 Chr. 4:20; 13:11; Zech. 4:2). Their form is not described. Olive oil was generally burned in them (Ex. 27:20). (2.) A torch carried by the soliders of Gideon (Judg. 7:16, 20). (R.V., "torches.") (3.) Domestic lamps (A.V., "candles") were in common use among the Hebrews (Matt. 5:15; Mark 4:21, etc.). (4.) Lamps or torches were used in connection with marriage ceremonies (Matt. 25:1). This word is also frequently metaphorically used to denote life, welfare, guidance, etc. (2 Sam. 21:17; Ps. 119:105; Prov. 6:23; 13:9).