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   lamp

   /lamp/

   noun

   • 1. a device for giving light, either one consisting of an electric bulb together with its holder and shade or cover, or one burning gas or oil and consisting of a wick or mantle and a glass shade: "a table lamp"
   • ▪ an electrical device producing ultraviolet, infrared, or other radiation, used for therapeutic purposes.
   • ▪ a source of spiritual or intellectual inspiration: "he set out to rescue the lamp of American literature from the cave of the Philistines"

   verb

   • 1. supply with lamps; illuminate: "inspectors can lamp the lines between the manholes for routine maintenance observations"
   • ▪ shine: literary "an evil fire out of their eyes came lamping"
   • 2. hunt at night using lamps, especially for rabbits: British "poachers snared and lamped at night and sold their catch in the pubs"

   Word Origin Middle English: via Old French from late Latin lampada, from Latin lampas, lampad- ‘torch’, from Greek.

   Derivatives

   • 1. lamper noun
   • 2. lampless adjective

   Scrabble Points: 8

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