spirit lampn.
/ˈspɪrɪt lamp/, U.S. /ˈspɪrᵻt ˌlæmp/ A lamp in which alcohol or methylated spirit is burned, typically used for purposes other than lighting, such as heating or cooking.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > fuelled by spirits
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Etna1829
the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > artificial light defined by light-source > [noun] > spirit or paraffin lamp
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naphtha lamp1832
paraffin lamp1865
kerosene lamp1869
Aladdin1909
1731 P. Shaw Hoffman's New Exper. & Observ. Mineral Waters 220 Evaporating three Pint..in a Pewter Vessel, over a Spirit-Lamp.
1767 J. Priestley Hist. & Present State Electr. viii. xii. 700 The bar was heated by a spirit lamp placed underneath it.
1803 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 93 14 The..solution, gently exhaled to dryness, and kept over a spirit-lamp.
1893 I. Burton Life R. F. Burton II. 8 Our hosts are astir, and already..drinking tea made over a spirit-lamp.
1942 E. Ferber Saratoga Trunk (new ed.) x. 190 A tisane of soothing herbs brewed over the spirit-lamp.
2013 Nottingham Evening Post (Nexis) 21 Jan. 8 Paraffin stoves and spirit lamps for emergency heating and to try and stop the pipes freezing.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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