lamp chimney

noun

a glass tube that surrounds the wick in an oil lamp

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Words nearby lamp chimney

lammastide, lammergeier, lamont, lamoureux, lamp, lamp chimney, lamp oil, lamp shell, lamp standard, lamp trimmer, lampad

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Example sentences from the Web for lamp chimney

How is it that a stick of sealing-wax or a lamp-chimney, when rubbed, attracts bits of paper or elder pith?
Mysterious Psychic Forces|Camille Flammarion
Lloyd was coming out into the hall, saying, "Never mind about the lamp-chimney; I'll get Cassie's."
The Little Colonel at Boarding-School|Annie Fellows Johnston
He lay back and sent a new cloud of smoke to soar aloft over the lamp-chimney.
Under Handicap|Jackson Gregory
It was evidently felt in the engine-room as well, for Amundsen had a bottle and a lamp-chimney smashed.
Farthest North|Fridtjof Nansen

If the soil in the lamp-chimney is clay and well packed, the water will quickly rise to the top.
Agriculture for Beginners|Charles William Burkett