spirit lamp
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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One with a spirit lamp, the other with a flashlight.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
He clapped the other on top of it and then, holding both pieces together with the tongs, held the whole thing over the flame of the spirit lamp.
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
This contrivance is placed over a petroleum, gas, or spirit lamp, which gives the required heat.
From Practical Bookbinding by Adam, Paul
When ladies called in the afternoon, Pauline gave them tea which she made in a brass kettle over a spirit lamp.
From A Woman of Genius by Austin, Mary Hunter
It consists of a cylindrical boiler, heated from the base by a spirit lamp or charcoal fire.
From A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility by Negretti, Henry
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