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▪ I. lamping, vbl. n.|ˈlæmpɪŋ|
[f. lamp v.1 + -ing1.]
A sudden blaze of light.
1814Cary Dante, Par. xxv. 80 A lamping [It. lampo], as of quick and vollied lightning, Within the bosom of that mighty sheen, Play'd tremulous.
Add:2. A method of hunting by night using a bright light to illuminate or dazzle the hunted animal; the practice of this. Cf. pit-lamping vbl. n. s.v. pit n.1 15.
1984Times 10 Jan. 3/4 Two deer had been taken by a method known as ‘lamping’—using a lamp to light up animals which were then chased by lurcher dogs. 1985BBC Wildlife July 326/1 Another way of hunting for foxes, rabbits or whatever comes is by ‘lamping’, waiting in a field for some nocturnal creature to make a rustle, dazzling it with a powerful spotlight, then shooting it. 1991Working Terrier Feb. 20/2 Ferreting is a lot less taxing on a dog's strength than either hares or lamping.
▪ II. lamping, ppl. a.|ˈlæmpɪŋ|
[f. lamp v.1 + -ing2. Perh. suggested by It. lampante.]
Flashing, beaming, resplendent.
1590Spenser F.Q. iii. iii. 1 Most sacred fyre,..ykindled first above Emongst th' eternall spheres and lamping sky. 1610G. Fletcher Christ's Vict. i. x, Her eye with heav'ns, so, and more brightly shin'd Her lamping sight. 1828Blackw. Mag. XXIII. 688 His bright forehead..and his large lamping eyes. 1859Ld. Lytton Wanderer 8 Hot oleanders in a rosy vale Searched by the lamping fly. 1885R. F. Burton Arab. Nts. V. 353 She flew off, like the wafts of the wind or the lamping leven. |