electrolier

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Hat, gun and rod racks of feet, antlers and heads in various combinations are mentioned elsewhere and occasionally some one attempts an electrolier of antlers, mounted either on the heads or separately.

From Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration by Farnham, Albert B.

She sat by an electrolier in Dr. Alten's living room.

From Astounding Stories, April, 1931 by Various

On its top, directly in the glare of light from an electrolier overhead, was spread a large black silk handkerchief.

From The Girl in the Golden Atom by Cummings, Ray

Suddenly Maloney turned off every electric light except the lights in the electrolier, the glare of which was intensified by the surrounding darkness.

From The Third Degree A Narrative of Metropolitan Life by Klein, Charles

There was a fire ready laid in the grate; on the ceiling was a three-branch electrolier, but the switch by the door had been removed for some reason or other.

From The Slave of Silence by White, Fred M. (Fred Merrick)