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
This may be fastened into a wooden handle, and when required heated over the flame of a spirit lamp.
From Electric Bells and All About Them A Practical Book for Practical Men by S. R. Bottone
He took with him food for a single day only, with a small spirit lamp so that in extreme need he could start a fire, melt ice for drinking-water, or warm a scanty meal.
From True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World by Adolphus W. Greely
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
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