OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 46941

oil lamp

Meanings (ES + gloss)
candil • lámpara de aceite
A simple vessel used to produce light continuously for a period of time from a liquid fuel source, especially lamp oil.
Meronym: lampwick
The West Clare Railway is, I suppose, one of the most primitive in the whole C.I.E. system, for its coaches date entirely from 1887 to 1890, and are still lit with oil lamps.
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