Meanings
nounglow-lamp (plural glow-lamps)
plural glow-lamps
- archaicA light bulb.
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.
1883, Charles Ammi Cutter, (Please provide the book title or journal name)
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Origin
Dutch gloeilamp, Swedish glödlampa
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glow-lamp. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glow-lamp
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