spirit lamp
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
One with a spirit lamp, the other with a flashlight.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
I can compare it to nothing but the flame of a small spirit lamp continually burning within me.
From The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies by Sir Walter Besant
In the Pasteur household articles are sterilized as well as cleaned—that is, burned in the flames of a spirit lamp, or in an oven.
From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 4, September 1893 by Various
The ends of the tube are then sealed hermetically in the flame of a spirit lamp.
From Magic In which are given clear and concise explanations of all the well-known illusions as well as many new ones. by Ellis Stanton
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