"Betty lamp" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1910, James Otis, Ruth of Boston",
          "text": "You, who have more or less trouble with your rush lights, cannot fancy how luxurious it is to have one of these betty-lamps, which costs in care no more than is required to fill them with grease or oil.",
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          "ref": "1999, J G Passarella, Wither, Simon and Schuster, page 160",
          "text": "Taking the long candlestick from the windowsill, she hurries to the betty lamp, pulls its wick out with the chain pick, and lights her candle from the bear fat flame.",
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        "A lamp consisting of a shallow lidded metal vessel with a small spout for a coarse wick, fueled by tallow, grease, or oil, usually hung by a hook and chain, and used especially in the American colonies."
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        "(historical) A lamp consisting of a shallow lidded metal vessel with a small spout for a coarse wick, fueled by tallow, grease, or oil, usually hung by a hook and chain, and used especially in the American colonies."
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          "ref": "1910, James Otis, Ruth of Boston",
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