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Lamping vs Lamper - What's the difference?

lamping | lamper |

As nouns the difference between lamping and lamper

is that lamping is a form of hunting, at night, in which bright lights or lamps are used to dazzle the hunted animal while lamper is one who takes part in lamping, or hunting with bright lights or lamper can be (dialect) a lamprey.

As an adjective lamping

is (archaic) bright, flashing, resplendent.

lamping

English

Noun

(-)
  • A form of hunting, at night, in which bright lights or lamps are used to dazzle the hunted animal.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (archaic) Bright, flashing, resplendent.
  • *1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.3:
  • *:Most sacred fire, that burnest mightily / In liuing brests, ykindled first aboue, / Emongst th'eternall spheres and lamping sky [...]!

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    lamper

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who takes part in lamping, or hunting with bright lights.

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dialect) A lamprey.
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