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Spirit lamp   /spˈɪrət læmp/   Listen
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Spirit  n.  
1.
Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself. (Obs.) "All of spirit would deprive." "The mild air, with season moderate, Gently attempered, and disposed eo well, That still it breathed foorth sweet spirit."
2.
A rough breathing; an aspirate, as the letter h; also, a mark to denote aspiration; a breathing. (Obs.) "Be it a letter or spirit, we have great use for it."
3.
Life, or living substance, considered independently of corporeal existence; an intelligence conceived of apart from any physical organization or embodiment; vital essence, force, or energy, as distinct from matter.
4.
The intelligent, immaterial and immortal part of man; the soul, in distinction from the body in which it resides; the agent or subject of vital and spiritual functions, whether spiritual or material. "There is a spirit in man; and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding." "As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also." "Spirit is a substance wherein thinking, knowing, doubting, and a power of moving, do subsist."
5.
Specifically, a disembodied soul; the human soul after it has left the body. "Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was, and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it." "Ye gentle spirits far away, With whom we shared the cup of grace."
6.
Any supernatural being, good or bad; an apparition; a specter; a ghost; also, sometimes, a sprite,; a fairy; an elf. "Whilst young, preserve his tender mind from all impressions of spirits and goblins in the dark."
7.
Energy, vivacity, ardor, enthusiasm, courage, etc. ""Write it then, quickly," replied Bede; and summoning all his spirits together, like the last blaze of a candle going out, he indited it, and expired."
8.
One who is vivacious or lively; one who evinces great activity or peculiar characteristics of mind or temper; as, a ruling spirit; a schismatic spirit. "Such spirits as he desired to please, such would I choose for my judges."
9.
Temper or disposition of mind; mental condition or disposition; intellectual or moral state; often in the plural; as, to be cheerful, or in good spirits; to be downhearted, or in bad spirits. "God has... made a spirit of building succeed a spirit of pulling down." "A perfect judge will read each work of wit With the same spirit that its author writ."
10.
Intent; real meaning; opposed to the letter, or to formal statement; also, characteristic quality, especially such as is derived from the individual genius or the personal character; as, the spirit of an enterprise, of a document, or the like.
11.
Tenuous, volatile, airy, or vapory substance, possessed of active qualities. "All bodies have spirits... within them."
12.
Any liquid produced by distillation; especially, alcohol, the spirits, or spirit, of wine (it having been first distilled from wine): often in the plural.
13.
pl. Rum, whisky, brandy, gin, and other distilled liquors having much alcohol, in distinction from wine and malt liquors.
14.
(Med.) A solution in alcohol of a volatile principle. Cf. Tincture.
15.
(Alchemy) Any one of the four substances, sulphur, sal ammoniac, quicksilver, or arsenic (or, according to some, orpiment). "The four spirits and the bodies seven."
16.
(Dyeing) Stannic chloride. See under Stannic. Note: Spirit is sometimes joined with other words, forming compounds, generally of obvious signification; as, spirit-moving, spirit-searching, spirit-stirring, etc.
Astral spirits, Familiar spirits, etc. See under Astral, Familiar, etc.
Animal spirits.
(a)
(Physiol.) The fluid which at one time was supposed to circulate through the nerves and was regarded as the agent of sensation and motion; called also the nervous fluid, or nervous principle.
(b)
Physical health and energy; frolicsomeness; sportiveness.
Ardent spirits, strong alcoholic liquors, as brandy, rum, whisky, etc., obtained by distillation.
Holy Spirit, or The Spirit (Theol.), the Spirit of God, or the third person of the Trinity; the Holy Ghost. The spirit also signifies the human spirit as influenced or animated by the Divine Spirit.
Proof spirit. (Chem.) See under Proof.
Rectified spirit (Chem.), spirit rendered purer or more concentrated by redistillation, so as to increase the percentage of absolute alcohol.
Spirit butterfly (Zool.), any one of numerous species of delicate butterflies of tropical America belonging to the genus Ithomia. The wings are gauzy and nearly destitute of scales.
Spirit duck. (Zool.)
(a)
The buffle-headed duck.
(b)
The golden-eye.
Spirit lamp (Art), a lamp in which alcohol or methylated spirit is burned.
Spirit level. See under Level.
Spirit of hartshorn. (Old Chem.) See under Hartshorn.
Spirit of Mindererus (Med.), an aqueous solution of acetate of ammonium; named after R. Minderer, physician of Augsburg.
Spirit of nitrous ether (Med. Chem.), a pale yellow liquid, of a sweetish taste and a pleasant ethereal odor. It is obtained by the distillation of alcohol with nitric and sulphuric acids, and consists essentially of ethyl nitrite with a little acetic aldehyde. It is used as a diaphoretic, diuretic, antispasmodic, etc. Called also sweet spirit of niter.
Spirit of salt (Chem.), hydrochloric acid; so called because obtained from salt and sulphuric acid. (Obs.)
Spirit of sense, the utmost refinement of sensation. (Obs.)
Spirits of turpentine, or Spirit of turpentine (Chem.), rectified oil of turpentine, a transparent, colorless, volatile, and very inflammable liquid, distilled from the turpentine of the various species of pine; camphine. It is commonly used to remove paint from surfaces, or to dissole oil-based paint. See Camphine.
Spirit of vitriol (Chem.), sulphuric acid; so called because formerly obtained by the distillation of green vitriol. (Obs.)
Spirit of vitriolic ether (Chem.) ethyl ether; often but incorrectly called sulphuric ether. See Ether. (Obs.)
Spirits of wine, or Spirit of wine (Chem.), alcohol; so called because formerly obtained by the distillation of wine.
Spirit rapper, one who practices spirit rapping; a "medium" so called.
Spirit rapping, an alleged form of communication with the spirits of the dead by raps. See Spiritualism, 3.
Sweet spirit of niter. See Spirit of nitrous ether, above.
Synonyms: Life; ardor; energy; fire; courage; animatioon; cheerfulness; vivacity; enterprise.





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"Spirit lamp" Quotes from Famous Books



... have got some cocoa," sighed Betty. "I tried to borrow a little and a spirit lamp from Meg Hutchinson, but she says they can't get any methylated ...
— A Patriotic Schoolgirl • Angela Brazil
... am so sorry;" and I too burst into tears. He busied himself getting a spirit lamp lighted, and soon the baby's milk was simmering, and almost before good humor had been restored throughout the car the baby had comfortably dined, and gone off into a refreshing slumber. I made him ...
— Medoline Selwyn's Work • Mrs. J. J. Colter
... of this sum was expended in a cheap sofa-bedstead, a closed washstand and a spirit lamp coffee boiler, for Traverse determined to lodge in his office and board himself—"which will have this additional advantage," said the cheerful fellow to himself—"for besides saving me from debt, it will keep me always ...
— Capitola's Peril - A Sequel to 'The Hidden Hand' • Mrs. E.D.E.N. Southworth
... candlesticks, shed their chastened brightness on the damask of the tablecloth and the remains of a cold collation of the rarest delicacy. The two gentlemen had finished supper, and were now trifling with cigars and maraschino; while in a silver spirit lamp, coffee of the most captivating fragrance was preparing in the fashion of the East. The elder of the two, he who had first arrived, was placed directly facing me; the other was set on his left hand. Both, like the man in the butler's pantry, seemed to be intently listening; and on the face ...
— The Dynamiter • Robert Louis Stevenson and Fanny van de Grift Stevenson
... tray may be a massive silver one that requires a footman with strong arms to lift it, or it may be of Sheffield or merely of effectively lacquered tin. In any case, on it should be: a kettle which ought to be already boiling, with a spirit lamp under it, an empty tea-pot, a caddy of tea, a tea strainer and slop bowl, cream pitcher and sugar bowl, and, on a glass dish, lemon in slices. A pile of cups and saucers and a stack of little tea plates, all to ...
— Etiquette • Emily Post
... see by his article, used a spirit lamp under a glass jar to form a drying chamber while blowing; but I have myself found a "box iron" a most convenient arrangement. The inner iron, being heated in the fire, is placed in the chamber or "box," which it thoroughly heats; then removed, and the larvae introduced ...
— Practical Taxidermy • Montagu Browne
... of coffee first, for I am cold to the marrow, and then I'll tell you," replied Arnold, seating himself at the table, on which stood a coffee-urn with a spirit lamp beneath it, something after the style ...
— The Angel of the Revolution - A Tale of the Coming Terror • George Griffith


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