electrolier

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Then she picked up the Gubby dancers and led them in a clattering improvised lockstep thrice round the stage till her last kick sent her diamond-hiked shoe catherine-wheeling to the electrolier.

From A Diversity of Creatures by Kipling, Rudyard

But it was not the furnishing or the rich little gilt table by the bedside or the hanging electrolier which attracted T. B.'s attention; rather his eyes fell instantly upon the man on the bed.

From The Secret House by Wallace, Edgar

Here was not even a drop-light for him to do it by, only electric sconces set high upon the walls, and a fanciful centre electrolier.

From A Court of Inquiry by Richmond, Grace S. (Grace Smith)

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)

He then turned out all the lights in the room with the exception of the center electrolier, that shone down directly on the handkerchief and ring.

From The Girl in the Golden Atom by Cummings, Ray