glow-lamp

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See also: glowlamp

English

Etymology

Dutch gloeilamp, Swedish glödlampa

Noun

glow-lamp (plural glow-lamps)

  1. (archaic) A light bulb.
    • 1883, Charles Ammi Cutter, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      In the night, or in a dark day the runner, on going in, touches a knob, which lights an electric glow-lamp in the middle; that shows him his way.