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acetylene lamp
noun as in carbide lamp
Weak match
Example Sentences
The dark one darted across the road and barred the other's passage, while a warning acetylene lamp was waved in the air.
He lighted his acetylene lamp and, standing in the glare of it, drew from his pocket the belt he had stolen from the old miner.
After dark the rays of an acetylene lamp directed downwards into the bushes will attract them from their retreat.
Acetylene lamp mantles can be used only with acetylene which is under high pressure.
A small acetylene lamp inside the awnings gave light and by its glow Ned made some coffee on the gasolene stove.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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