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Definition of lamp chimney in English: lamp chimneynoun A glass cylinder positioned over the wick of an oil lamp to encircle and provide a draught for the flame. Example sentencesExamples - The scene is set in Higgins' laboratory, in which can be found a phonograph, laryngoscope, organ pipes, singing lamp chimneys, tuning forks, etc.
- A torch arcs through the darkness, lands on the clinic's roof sputtering like the moth in the lamp chimney.
Definition of lamp chimney in US English: lamp chimneynoun A glass cylinder positioned over the wick of an oil lamp or candlestick to encircle and provide a draft for the flame. Example sentencesExamples - The scene is set in Higgins' laboratory, in which can be found a phonograph, laryngoscope, organ pipes, singing lamp chimneys, tuning forks, etc.
- A torch arcs through the darkness, lands on the clinic's roof sputtering like the moth in the lamp chimney.
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