Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A lamp containing one or more fixtures supplied with gas-burners for giving light in a building or street.

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Examples

  • Then the door opened wide, and Diego grinned whitely at him in the light from a gas-lamp, gesturing him inside with a flamboyant fling of his arms.

    red dust Ryn Cricket 2010

  • Among its virtues is a feel for the gas-lamp Victorian world.

    Rabbi David Wolpe: Love Mysteries? Rabbi David Wolpe 2010

  • Among its virtues is a feel for the gas-lamp Victorian world.

    Rabbi David Wolpe: The Game's Afoot Anew Rabbi David Wolpe 2010

  • Among its virtues is a feel for the gas-lamp Victorian world.

    Rabbi David Wolpe: The Game's Afoot Anew Rabbi David Wolpe 2010

  • In 1887, he acquired the factory Würth & Co. for chemical-pharmaceutical products in Atzgersdorf and moved the entire chain of production there, creating an affluent gas-lamp industry by improving his patent in the early 1890s.

    Trafficking Materials and Gendered Experimental Practices: Radium Research in Early 20th Century Vienna 2007

  • He lay, illuminated by a narrow shaft of pale yellow light flung out by the gas-lamp at the top of the passage steps, in a slowly widening pool of dark blood that contrasted oddly with the carrotty hue of his hair and whiskers.

    Excerpt: The Meaning of Night by Michael Cox 2006

  • On the shimmering gas-lamp; it turns to tears that fall on her face

    Big Ben Bob Lock 2007

  • On the shimmering gas-lamp; it turns to tears that fall on her face

    Archive 2007-08-01 Bob Lock 2007

  • “Well, I declare to goodness it does illuminate the old place!” says Gus; but the fact was, that there was a gas-lamp opposite our window, and I believe that was the reason why we could see pretty well.

    The Great Hoggarty Diamond 2006

  • As we passed a gas-lamp, I saw Lady Fanny laughing as usual, and turning her great arch sparkling black eyes at Lord Tiptoff.

    The Great Hoggarty Diamond 2006

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