LAMMERGEIER, lam'm[.e]r-g[=i]-[.e]r, _n._ the great bearded vulture of the
mountains of southern Europe, Asia, and northern Africa. [Ger.
_lämmergeier_--_lämmer_, lambs, _geier_, vulture.]
LAMMY, lam'i, _n._ a thick quilted outside jumper worn in cold weather by
sailors.--Also LAMM'IE.
LAMP, lamp, _n._ a vessel for burning oil with a wick, and so giving light:
a light of any kind.--_v.i._ (_Spens._) to shine.--_ns._ LAMP'AD (_rare_),
a lamp or candlestick, a torch; LAMP'ADARY, in the Greek Church, one who
looks after the lamps and carries a lighted taper before the patriarch;
LAMPADED'ROMY, an ancient Greek torch-race in honour of Prometheus, &c.;
LAMP'ADIST, one who ran in a torch-race; LAMPAD'OMANCY, the art of divining
by the flame of a lamp or torch; LAMP'BLACK, the black substance formed by
the smoke of a lamp: the soot or amorphous carbon obtained by burning
bodies rich in that element, such as resin, petroleum, and tar, or some of
the cheap oily products obtained from it; LAMP'-BURN'ER, that part of a
lamp in which the wick is held; LAMP'-CHIM'NEY, LAMP'-GLASS, a glass funnel
placed round the flame of a lamp; LAMP'-FLY (_Browning_), a
firefly.--_adj._ LAMP'IC, pertaining to, or derived from, a lamp or
flame.--_ns._ LAMP'ION, a kind of small lamp; LAMP'-LIGHT, the light shed
by a lamp or lamps; LAMP'-LIGHT'ER, a person employed to light
street-lamps: that by which a lamp is lighted, as a spill or torch;
LAMP'-POST, the pillar supporting a street-lamp; LAMP'-SHELL, a
terebratuloid or related brachiopod having a shell like an antique
lamp.--SMELL OF THE LAMP, to show signs of great elaboration or study. [Fr.
_lampe_--Gr. _lampas_, _-ados_--_lampein_, to shine.]
LAMP, lamp, _v.i._ (_Scot._) to run wild, to scamper: to go jauntily.