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gaselier
gaselier (gæsəˈlɪə(r)) Also gasalier. [f. gas n.1 after chandelier. The older name was gas-chandelier; see gas n.1 7.] An ornamental frame to hold a number of gas-burners, usually hung from the ceiling of a room.1849 Times 29 Aug. 5/5 Above the orchestra hangs a circular gaselier formed of several s...
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electrolier
electrolier (ɪˌlɛktrəˈlɪə(r)) [f. electro-, with ending arbitrarily adopted from chandelier; cf. gaselier.] A cluster of electric lamps.1882 Standard 27 Mar. 5 Gigantic gilt-brass electrolier. 1884 Health Exhib. Catal. p. lxii/1 One large Metal Electrolier. 1923 A. Huxley Antic Hay xiii. 192 The con...
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gas
▪ I. gas, n.1 (gæs) Pl. gases (ˈgæsɪz). Forms: 7–8 gass, 8–9 gaz, 7– gas. [A word invented by the Dutch chemist, J. B. Van Helmont (1577–1644), but avowedly based upon the Gr. χάος (‘halitum illum Gas vocavi, non longe a Chao veterum secretum.’ Ortus Medicinæ, ed. 1652, p. 59 a); the Dutch pronuncia...
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pendant
▪ I. pendant, -ent, n. (ˈpɛndənt) Forms: 4–6 pendaunte, (4–5 -aunt, 5 -awnt), 4–5 pendande, (4 -aunde, 5–6 -and, 6 -on), 5 pennaunt, 7 -ant, 5– pendant, -ent. [a. F. pendant (13th c. in Littré), n. use of pr. pple. of pendre to hang.] I. = F. pendant = pente, slope. † 1. Slope, declivity, inclinatio...
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