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English Dictionary: safety lamp by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
safety lamp
n
  1. an oil lamp that will not ignite flammable gases (methane)
    Synonym(s): safety lamp, Davy lamp
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      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}.
  
      {[92]olipile 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.
  
      {D[89]bereiner'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 D[94]bereiner, 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} (Zo[94]l.), 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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Safety \Safe"ty\, n. [Cf. F. sauvet[82].]
      1. The condition or state of being safe; freedom from danger
            or hazard; exemption from hurt, injury, or loss.
  
                     Up led by thee, Into the heaven I have presumed, An
                     earthly guest . . . With like safety guided down,
                     Return me to my native element.         --Milton.
  
      2. Freedom from whatever exposes one to danger or from
            liability to cause danger or harm; safeness; hence, the
            quality of making safe or secure, or of giving confidence,
            justifying trust, insuring against harm or loss, etc.
  
                     Would there were any safety in thy sex, That I might
                     put a thousand sorrows off, And credit thy
                     repentance!                                       --Beau. & Fl.
  
      3. Preservation from escape; close custody.
  
                     Imprison him, . . . Deliver him to safety; and
                     return.                                             --Shak.
  
      4. (Football) Same as Safety touchdown, below.
  
      {Safety arch} (Arch.), a discharging arch. See under
            {Discharge}, v. t.
  
      {Safety belt}, a belt made of some buoyant material, or which
            is capable of being inflated, so as to enable a person to
            float in water; a life preserver.
  
      {Safety buoy}, a buoy to enable a person to float in water; a
            safety belt.
  
      {Safety cage} (Mach.), a cage for an elevator or mine lift,
            having appliances to prevent it from dropping if the
            lifting rope should break.
  
      {Safety lamp}. (Mining) See under {Lamp}.
  
      {Safety match}, a match which can be ignited only on a
            surface specially prepared for the purpose.
  
      {Safety pin}, a pin made in the form of a clasp, with a guard
            covering its point so that it will not prick the wearer.
           
  
      {Safety plug}. See {Fusible plug}, under {Fusible}.
  
      {Safety switch}. See {Switch}.
  
      {Safety touchdown} (Football), the act or result of a
            player's touching to the ground behind his own goal line a
            ball which received its last impulse from a man on his own
            side; -- distinguished from touchback. See {Touchdown}.
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