chiragn.
/tʃɪˈrɑːɡ/ A primitive oil lamp used in India and adjacent countries.
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1899 Westm. Gaz. 15 Aug. 1/3 I took the oil from my chirag and anointed my back therewith.
1920 Chambers's Jrnl. Dec. 863/2 To-night we'll light tiny, weenie chiraghs.
1932 Discovery Sept. 304/1 A chirak, a primitive little oil lamp.
1935 Discovery Nov. 334/2 The little earthenware chirags are indistinguishable in form from the early spouted saucer lamps of Egypt.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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