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Phœbe1|ˈfiːbɪ|
[a. L. Phœbe, a. Gr. ϕοίβη, fem. of ϕοῖβος bright, radiant: cf. Phœbus.]
1. The name of Artemis or Diana as goddess of the moon; the moon personified. poet.
[1390Gower Conf. II. 110 Thus this lusti Cephalus Preide unto Phebe and to Phebus The nyht in lengthe forto drawe.] 1590Shakes. Mids. N. i. i. 209 To morrow night, when Phœbe doth behold Her siluer visage, in the watry glasse. 1681Cotton Wond. Peak 28 Nor yet does Phœbe with her silver horns..Push into crowded tides the frighted waves.
2. attrib. and Comb., as Phœbe lamp N. Amer. Hist. (see quots. 1935 and 1970).
1935Colony of Connecticut (Conn. Board Educ.) (Senate Doc. 53, 74th Congr., 1st Sess.) 15 Phoebe lamps:..These were similar to Betty lamps in shape... Some had double wicks from a nose on either side. 1970G. Payton Webster's Dict. Proper Names 525/2 Phoebe lamp, American pioneers' name for a primitive tallow-and-wick lamp of the type used down the ages, e.g. by the Ancient Greeks. 1972F. van W. Mason Roads to Liberty 182 Betty..lit a Phoebe lamp with a splinter from the fire. |
