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lampist|ˈlæmpɪst|
[ad. F. lampiste, f. lampe: see lamp n.1 and -ist.]
1. One skilled in, or employed in, the construction or management of lamps.
1839Ure Dict. Arts, etc. 735 The operations of the lampist..belong to a treatise upon handicraft trades. 1855Silliman in Cone & Johns Petrolia iv. (1870) 64, I have submitted the lamp burning Petroleum to the inspection of the most experienced lampists who were accessible. 1858Lardner Hand-bk. Nat. Phil. 124 One of the difficulties with which lampists have had to struggle was, to [etc.].
2. nonce-use. (See quot.)
1887Ribton-Turner Vagrants & Vagrancy xxvii. 559 Allampadati, or Lampists, who during Passion Week and at the great festivals begged oil for the lamps which are lighted in front of the host, or the images of the virgin. |