electrolier

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In the glittering electrolier wires mingled with pipes, and bulbs with globes.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 by Various

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)

"Pardon, sir, but don't you think—" Here he looked straight up at the electrolier and coughed.

From The Haunted Pajamas by Elliott, Francis Perry

Margaret sought out a small bundle tied to the electrolier on the right hand side of the hall.

From Ethel Morton's Holidays by Smith, Mabell S. C. (Mabell Shippie Clarke)

In the mass they had nothing but a mechanical existence, subject as they were to the brightness or dimness of the electrolier that regulated their attention.

From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by MacKenzie, Compton