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Definition of Lamplight
1. Noun. Light from a lamp.
Definition of Lamplight
1. n. Light from a lamp.
Definition of Lamplight
1. Noun. The light emitted by a lamp. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lamplight
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lamplight
Literary usage of Lamplight
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society by Royal Microscopical Society, London (1878)
"... by transmitted lamplight, with special reference to Amphipleura pellucida.
... be easily and unmistakably resolved into distinct striae by lamplight, ..."
2. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology by Cambridge Entomological Club (1890)
"A BUTTERFLY ATTRACTED BY lamplight. I do not remember any published ptera by
lamplight, except the note by Mr. SH Scudder in PSYCHE, vip 28 [Ree., 659], ..."
3. Handbook of Painting: German, Fleming, and Dutch Schools by Sir Joseph Archer Crowe, Gustav Friedrich Waagen, Franz Kugler (1898)
"This master also occasionally painted genre pictures by lamplight, ... A specimen
of this kind is a woman sewing by lamplight, in the Berlin Museum, No. ..."
4. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"... clang o' th' pumpin'-engines, I saw he were afraid o' naught; and when the
lamplight showed his black eyes, I could feel as he was masterin' me again. ..."
5. The Black Hills, Or, The Last Hunting Ground of the Dakotahs: A Complete by Annie D. Tallent (1899)
"DEADWOOD BY lamplight. Picturesque and exciting as was the exterior aspect of
Deadwood during ... lamplight."
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