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Candle
CANDLE, n.
1. A long, but small cylindrical body of tallow, wax or spermaceti, formed on a wick composed of linen or cotton threads, twisted loosely; used for a portable light of domestic use.
2. A light.
3. A light; a luminary. In scripture, the candle of the Lord is the divine favor and blessing, Job 14. 3.; or the conscience or understanding. Prov 20:27.
Excommunication by inch of candle, is when the offender is allowed time to repent, while a candle burns, and is then excommunicated.
Sale by inch of candle, is an auction in which persons are allowed to bid, only till a small piece of candle burns out.
Medicated candle, in medicine, a bougie.
Rush-candles are used in some countries; they are made of the pith of certain rushes, peeled except on one side, and dipped in grease.
CANDLE-BERRY TREE, n. The Maraca cerifera, or wax-bearing myrtle; a shrub common in North America, from the berries of which a kind of wax or oil is procured, of which candles are made. The oil is obtained by boiling the berries in water; the oil rising to the surface is skimmed of, and when cool, is of the consistence of wax, and of a dull green color. In popular language, this is called bayberry tallow.
candle appears in definitions for these words:
Afore Against Almond Alum Ampelite B Binacle Bismuth Blare Blow Blow-pipe Branch Candle Candle-bomb Candle-coal Candle-holder Candle-light Candle-stick Candle-stuff Candlemas Cannel-coal Chandelier Chandler Chandlery Cierge Come Corn-chandler Corporal Daylight Diaspore Douter Excise Extinction Extinguisher Faintly Find Flare Girandole Go Gutter Jesse Lantern Light Link Look Lucubrate Lucubration Lucubratory Luster Night-piece Out Outlast Perchers Put Saveall Sconce Screen Snast Snite Snuff Snuffers Socket Spend Sperm Stand Sweal Tallow Tallow-candle Tallow-chandler Taper Thief Torch Torch-thistle Vase Verjuice Waster Watch-light Wax Wax-candle Wax-chandler Wick
Afore Against Almond Alum Ampelite B Binacle Bismuth Blare Blow Blow-pipe Branch Candle Candle-bomb Candle-coal Candle-holder Candle-light Candle-stick Candle-stuff Candlemas Cannel-coal Chandelier Chandler Chandlery Cierge Come Corn-chandler Corporal Daylight Diaspore Douter Excise Extinction Extinguisher Faintly Find Flare Girandole Go Gutter Jesse Lantern Light Link Look Lucubrate Lucubration Lucubratory Luster Night-piece Out Outlast Perchers Put Saveall Sconce Screen Snast Snite Snuff Snuffers Socket Spend Sperm Stand Sweal Tallow Tallow-candle Tallow-chandler Taper Thief Torch Torch-thistle Vase Verjuice Waster Watch-light Wax Wax-candle Wax-chandler Wick
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