Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lamp"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Lamp
(1.) That part of the candle-sticks of the tabernacle and the
temple which bore the light (Ex. 25:37; 1 Kings 7:49; 2 Chr.
4:20; 13:11; Zech. 4:2). Their form is not described. Olive oil
was generally burned in them (Ex. 27:20).
(2.) A torch carried by the soliders of Gideon (Judg. 7:16,
20). (R.V., "torches.")
(3.) Domestic lamps (A.V., "candles") were in common use among
the Hebrews (Matt. 5:15; Mark 4:21, etc.).
(4.) Lamps or torches were used in connection with marriage
ceremonies (Matt. 25:1).
This word is also frequently metaphorically used to denote
life, welfare, guidance, etc. (2 Sam. 21:17; Ps. 119:105; Prov.
6:23; 13:9).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lamp \Lamp\, n.[OE. (with excrescent p), fr. F. lame, L. lamina.
See {Lamina}.]
A thin plate or lamina. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lamp \Lamp\, n. [F. lampe, L. lampas, -adis, fr. Gr. ?, ?,
torch, fr. ? to give light, to shine. Cf. {Lampad},
{Lantern}.]
1. A light-producing vessel, instrument or apparatus;
especially, a vessel with a wick used for the combustion
of oil or other inflammable liquid, for the purpose of
producing artificial light.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
lamp
n 1: an artificial source of visible illumination
2: a piece of furniture holding one or more electric light
bulbs
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