Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See davy.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • See Safety lamp, under lamp.

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  • noun A miners’ lamp or safety lamp used in coal mines to warn against methane (firedamp).

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun an oil lamp that will not ignite flammable gases (methane)

Etymologies

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after Sir Humphry Davy

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