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    lamp shade
    [ noun ]
    a protective ornamental shade used to screen a light bulb from direct view
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    Lamp \Lamp\ (l[a^]mp), n. [F. lampe, L. lampas, -adis, fr. Gr.
    ?, ?, torch, fr. ? to give light, to shine. Cf. {Lampad},
    {Lantern}.]
    1. A light-producing vessel, device, instrument or apparatus;
    formerly referring especially to a vessel with a wick used
    for the combustion of oil or other inflammable liquid, for
    the purpose of producing artificial light; also, a similar
    device using a gas as the combustible fuel; now referring
    mainly to an electric lamp. See sense [3].
    [1913 Webster +PJC]

    2. Figuratively, anything which enlightens intellectually or
    morally; anything regarded metaphorically a performing the
    uses of a lamp.

    Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my
    path. --Ps. cxix.
    105.

    Ages elapsed ere Homer's lamp appeared. --Cowper.

    3. (Elec.) A device or mechanism for producing light by
    electricity, usually having a glass bulb or tube
    containing the light-emitting element. Most lamps belong
    to one of two categories, the {Incandescent lamp} (See
    under {Incandescent}) or the {fluorescent lamp}. However,
    see also {arc lamp}, below.
    [1913 Webster +PJC]

    4. A device that emits radiant energy in the form of heat,
    infrared, or ultraviolet rays; as, a heat lamp.
    [PJC]

    {[AE]olipile lamp}, a hollow ball of copper containing
    alcohol which is converted into vapor by a lamp beneath,
    so as to make a powerful blowpipe flame when the vapor is
    ignited. --Weale.

    {Arc lamp} (Elec.), a form of lamp in which the voltaic arc
    is used as the source of light.

    {D["e]bereiner's lamp}, an apparatus for the instantaneous
    production of a flame by the spontaneous ignition of a jet
    of hydrogen on being led over platinum sponge; -- named
    after the German chemist D["o]bereiner, who invented it.
    Called also {philosopher's lamp}.

    {Flameless lamp}, an aphlogistic lamp.

    {Lamp burner}, the part of a lamp where the wick is exposed
    and ignited. --Knight.

    {Lamp fount}, a reservoir for oil, in a lamp.

    {Lamp jack}. See 2d {Jack}, n., 4
    (l) &
    (n) .

    {Lamp shade}, a screen, as of paper, glass, or tin, for
    softening or obstructing the light of a lamp.

    {Lamp shell} (Zo["o]l.), any brachiopod shell of the genus
    {Terebratula} and allied genera. The name refers to the
    shape, which is like that of an antique lamp. See
    {Terebratula}.

    {Safety lamp}, a miner's lamp in which the flame is
    surrounded by fine wire gauze, preventing the kindling of
    dangerous explosive gases; -- called also, from Sir
    Humphry Davy the inventor, {Davy lamp}.

    {To smell of the lamp}, to bear marks of great study and
    labor, as a literary composition.

    lampshade \lampshade\, lamp shade \lamp shade\n.
    a protective ornamental covering used to screen the light
    bulb in a lamp from direct view.
    [WordNet 1.5]

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