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English
Etymology
Dutch gloeilamp, Swedish glödlampa
Noun
glow-lamp (plural glow-lamps)
- (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.