A soapstone oil lamp of a type traditionally used for light and heat by the Inuit and other peoples of the Arctic.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Elisha Kane (1820–1857), physician and Arctic explorer. From a variant of Eastern Canadian Inuit qulliqqulliq.
Definition of kudlik in US English:
kudlik
(also qudlik)
nounˈkuːdlɪk
Canadian historical
A soapstone oil lamp of a type traditionally used for light and heat by the Inuit and other peoples of the Arctic.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Elisha Kane (1820–1857), physician and Arctic explorer. From a variant of Eastern Canadian Inuit qulliq qulliq.