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lam·pi·on

 (lăm′pē-ən)
n.
An oil-burning lamp, often of colored glass, for outdoor use.

[French, from Italian lampione, augmentative of lampa, lamp, from Old French lampe; see lamp.]
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lampion

(ˈlæmpɪən)
n
an oil-burning lamp
[C19: from French via Italian lampione, from Old French lampe lamp]
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At the French Chancellerie they had six more lampions in their illumination than ours had; but our transparency, which represented the young Couple advancing and Discord flying away, with the most ludicrous likeness to the French Ambassador, beat the French picture hollow; and I have no doubt got Tapeworm the advancement and the Cross of the Bath which he subsequently attained.
The trainer also has winners over the Jumps including Lampion Du Bost and Endless Power in the Grand Sefton Chase at Aintree.
In March, Lebanon's Lampion Oil & Gas Services completed a ground magnetotelluric survey to complement the airborne survey being conducted by NEOS GeoSolutions.
Se conoce en paises como Ecuador bajo el nombre de uvilla, tepareey makowi en la India, chuchuva en Venezuela, aguaymanto en Peru, groselha do Peru en Portugal, Kapstachelbeere en Alemania, Fisalis en Italia, Lampion en Holanda y cape gooseberry (por Ciudad del Cabo) en los paises de lengua inglesa (Fischer et al., 2011), mientras el genero Physalis proviene del griego "Physa" (vejiga o ampolla) (FISCHER Y MIRANDA, 2012).
This is a laconic composition, though a theatrical one, what with its intensely colored lampion fruit and dreamy sentimentality.
Hopefully he can enjoy the same fortune as Billy Dodds and Craig Moore, who landed a nice wee touch at Aintree four years ago when Lampion Du Bost won the Grand Sefton at odds of 66-1.
Scottish trainer Jim Goldie has enjoyed a fine run in the Grand Sefton recently, and will be going for a third success in five runnings when he saddles Stormin Exit after Endless Power (2008) and Lampion Du Bost (2007).
The Scottish trainer landed the 2m5f contest over the Grand National fences with 66-1 shot Lampion Du Bost in 2007 and followed up 12 months later with Endless Power.
TODAY'S TIPS AYR: 2.10 Realt Mor, 2.45 Cool Mission, 3.20 Canal Cottage, 3.55 Charming Knight, 4.30 See The Legend, 5.05 Lampion Du Bost, 5.40 Soul Angel.
NAOMI MATTHEW: 2.10 Realt Mor, 2.45 Cool Mission, 3.20 Canal Cottage, 3.55 Charming Knight, 4.30 See The Legend, 5.05 Lampion Du Bost, 5.40 Soul Angel.
Lampion, The Three Faces of Chinese Power: Might, Money, and Minds (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2008), 16.