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spirit lamp

noun

  1. a lamp that burns methylated or other spirits instead of oil
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

He clapped the other on top of it and then, holding both pieces together with the tongs, held the whole thing over the flame of the spirit lamp.

The Master lit the spirit lamp under the little silver chafing dish and heated some butter before cutting half a dozen poppy heads open and tossing them in.

One with a spirit lamp, the other with a flashlight.

We had brought up with us some Primus stoves and spirit lamps.

This contrivance is placed over a petroleum, gas, or spirit lamp, which gives the required heat.

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