lampionn.
/ˈlampɪən/ A pot or cup, often of coloured glass, containing oil or grease with a wick, used in illuminations.
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1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lxiii. 573 At the French Chancellerie they had six more lampions in their illumination than our's had.
1855 R. Browning Respectability iii, in Men & Women I. 150 Eh? down the court three lampions flare—Put forward your best foot!
1889 G. W. Cable Strange True Stories Louisiana 110 Hidden among the leaves were millions of fantastically colored lampions seeming like so many glow-worms.
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- potassane
- potassian
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- potassium
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