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Definitions for davy lamp

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. safety lamp, Davy lamp(noun)

    an oil lamp that will not ignite flammable gases (methane)

Wiktionary

  1. Davy lamp(Noun)

    A minersu2019 lamp or safety lamp used in coal mines to warn against methane (firedamp).

    2. Origin: after Sir Humphry Davy

Webster Dictionary

  1. Davy lamp

    see Safety lamp, under Lamp

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