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Meanings of hurricane lamp in anglès

An oil lamp with a glass chimney and perforated metal lid to protect the flame from high winds; candlestick with a glass chimney.

Sinònims
Examples for "hurricane lantern"
Examples for "hurricane lantern"
1
Inside, the eight cubicles held each a woman, a bed, and a hurricane lantern.
The Happy Foreigner
2
By careful inquiry in the outer Hut he finds an ice-axe, crowbar and hurricane lantern.
The Home of the Blizzard / Being the Story of the Australasian A...
3
He barely managed to grab the hurricane lantern an instant before it toppled onto its side.
The devil she knows
4
Immediately above them, where the boats were beached, a man was coming down the slope, carrying a hurricane lantern.
Dope
5
From a spot visible down-stream but invisible to the men in the boat, he signalled constantly with a hurricane lantern.
Dope
1
After a couple attempts, the old storm lantern flickered to life.
Shadow's son
2
See that the storm lantern is there, filled and lighted.
Plotting in Pirate Seas
3
A storm lantern hung from a hook on the wall.
Shadow's son
4
At the hut George said he would fetch the storm lantern from his bedroom for them.
Another part of the wood
5
A blue-white glow began to manifest around us, unconnected to the storm lantern or any other obvious source.
Sharper than a serpent's tooth
1
Pretending to deal cards again, Randolph had moved one hand close to the storm lamp.
Seize the night
2
He switched on the storm lamp, and the copper-lined room was filled with rust-colored shadows and shiny-penny light.
Seize the night
3
At teatime it's quiet around this handsome navy-painted place, with wooden tables and storm lamps outside.
The Irish Times
Usage of hurricane lamp in anglès
1
A match flares and lights up the wick of a hurricane lamp.
The Wall
2
The vapors given off by the hurricane lamp were stinging them.
The clouds beneath the sun
3
Natalie, seated within the glow of her hurricane lamp, turned towards the sound.
The clouds beneath the sun
4
The yellow glow from the hurricane lamp made the shadows deep.
The clouds beneath the sun
5
She led the way, carrying the hurricane lamp with her.
The clouds beneath the sun
6
Shiraz hastened after him, cringing visibly, and swinging a hurricane lamp as he went.
The Pointing Man / A Burmese Mystery
7
She could smell the kerosene from the hurricane lamp outside.
The clouds beneath the sun
8
She'd overturned the hurricane lamp, and it had shattered, spilling its oil across the fireworks.
Blue noon
9
Insects buzzed at the glass of the hurricane lamp.
The clouds beneath the sun
10
She put out the hurricane lamp, and for a few moments listened to the downpour.
The clouds beneath the sun
11
He showed the writer a hurricane lamp from Maine.
The new yorker
12
The woman stepped back out of the tent, into the glow of the hurricane lamp.
The clouds beneath the sun
13
I lighted the candle in the hurricane lamp.
Harvest Home
14
She wiped her lips with the back of her hand, turned, and extinguished the hurricane lamp.
The clouds beneath the sun
15
Stephanie left the cranberry glass hurricane lamp burning in the downstairs hall and crept up the stairs.
Love overboard
16
Longicornes scratched underneath my bed, and moths hovered about my American hurricane lamp hanging outside the tent-door.
Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the L...
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Hurricane lamp across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common