electrolier

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The dining room, furnished with an approach to elegance that one would scarcely have expected to find on such a shabby street, was lighted by a heavily shaded electrolier.

From The Gray Phantom's Return by Landon, Herman

Beyond this pile of ore, near the center of the room, twenty feet above the concrete floor, there was a large hanging electrolier.

From Astounding Stories, March, 1931 by Various

In the mass they had nothing but a mechanical existence, subject as they were to the brightness or dimness of the electrolier that regulated their attention.

From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by MacKenzie, Compton

Suddenly Maloney turned off every electric light except the lights in the electrolier, the glare of which was intensified by the surrounding darkness.

From The Third Degree A Narrative of Metropolitan Life by Klein, Charles

Here was not even a drop-light for him to do it by, only electric sconces set high upon the walls, and a fanciful centre electrolier.

From A Court of Inquiry by Richmond, Grace S. (Grace Smith)