Translation for '
oil lamp' from English to Polish
NOUN | an oil lamp | oil lamps | |
SYNO | kerosene lamp | kerosine lamp | oil lamp |
NOUN article.ind sg | pl
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- He left as a gift an ornate "lampada" (oil lamp) which burns constantly over the reliquary.
- An oil lamp is a lamp used to produce light continuously for a period of time using an oil-based fuel source.
- Immediately after the death, an oil lamp is lit near the deceased, and this lamp is kept burning for three days.
- If the people breached certain taboos, she held marine animals in the basin of her "qulliq" an oil lamp that burns seal fat.
- The seal-oil lamp "(naniq)" was an important piece of furniture.
- A peddler shows the viewers an oil lamp amongst his wares, and begins to tell a story.
- Each Hindu altar will have at least one oil lamp and may contain a tray with puja equipment as well.
- The emblem of North House is an oil lamp, originally used to represent Victoria's Faculty of Theology, established in 1871.
- In Taoism, the Seven-Star Lamp "qi xing deng" 七星燈 is a seven-lamp oil lamp lit to represent the seven stars of the Northern Dipper.
- While in the late 19th century, gas and electric lighting were becoming more common in private homes, which improved reading after dark instead of using candlelight or oil lamp, further improving the appeal to literacy.
- pedestal within the lantern; the light source was an eight-wick 'Douglass' oil lamp, powered by colza.
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