CANDLE
NOUNS
– a box or receptacle, formerly made of bark, used for holding candles or candle-ends BARK 1790 Eng. dial.
– a candle FATSTICK 1942 Amer. dial.
– a candle JACK RANDALL Bk1896 rhyming sl.
– a candle TALLOW-JACK Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– a candle; a tallow candle TOLLY 1890 school sl., now arch. or hist.
– a candle-end CANDLE-DOUP 1896 Sc.
– a candle extinguisher CANDLE-QUENCHER 1382 obs.
– a candle extinguisher; ‘snuffers’ CANDLE-SHEARS 1483 obs.
– a candle-snuffer TOPPER 1688
– a candle stuck in the neck of a bottle, the bottom of which has been knocked off BALLARAT LANTERN L19 Aust. & NZ sl.
– a comparatively small quantity added to make up a certain weight; spec. a small candle MAKE-WEIGHT 1695
– a curl of wax on a burning candle SPALE L18
– a farthing candle MICKEY Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– a large square candle QUARRIER c1550 obs.
– a large square candle; a ‘quarrier” QUARION 1512 obs.
– a little wax candle BEETER 1578 obs. rare
– a makeshift candle, esp. one made from a piece of rag dipped in lard or fat SLUT E17
– an imperfection in the wick of a candle which causes it to gutter and waste THIEF 1889 Eng. dial.
– an instrument used for snuffing candles, etc. SNUFFER 1465
– a pan on a candlestick to save candle ends SAVE-ALL 1684 US
– a small bit of burning wick that falls upon the substance of the candle and causes it to run CANDLE-WASTER Bk1888
– a small candle PIGTAIL E19 Eng. dial.
– a spark at the side of the wick of a candle TIND Bk1905 Sc.
– a square candle QUARRY 1526 obs. rare
– a taper GAUDY; GAWDY 1531 obs.
– a wax candle, in early times used chiefly for devotional or penitential purposes; later, a long wick coated with wax for temporary use as a spill, etc. TAPER c897
– a white candle WHITE LIGHT 1516
– remnants of the candles put, on big occasions, in the chandeliers at Buckingham Palace PALACE ENDS L19 colloq.
– the burnt wick of a candle CANDLE-SNOT Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– the burnt wick of a candle SNUFT 1657 Eng. dial.
– the end or last part of a candle DOUP E18 Sc.
– the fibre used for the wick of candles; a candle-wick COTTON 1466 obs.
– the guttering of a candle SWEAL 1878 Eng. dial.
– the smallest candle in the pound put in to make up the weight PISSING-CANDLE 1695 Eng. dial.
– the time a candle would take to burn CANDLE-LENGTH 1894 Eng. dial.
– the time during, or at, which candles are lighted; dusk, nightfall CANDLE-LIGHT 1663
– the time for lighting or seeing to the candles; evening, nightfall CANDLE-TENDING 1519
– the time for lighting or seeing to the candles; evening, nightfall CANDLE-TEENING 1746 Eng. dial.
– the time for lighting or seeing to the candles; evening, nightfall CANDLE-TINING 1613
– the wick of a candle CANDLE-COIL Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– the wick of a candle; a candle; a form of ‘wick’ WAKE 1865 Eng. dial.
– the wick of a candle or lamp MATCH 1377 obs.
NOUNS, PERSON
1406 ► TALLOW-CHANDLER a person whose trade is to make or sell tallow candles
1611 ► SNUFFER a person who snuffs candles
L18 ► MAGGOT BOILER a tallow chandler → sl.
1828 ► TALLOWER a tallow-chandler → rare
VERBS
– of a candle: to melt away rapidly by its becoming channelled on one side and the tallow or wax pouring down GUTTER 1706
– to crop the snuff of a candle, to snuff METCH Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– to crop the snuff of a candle, to snuff MICK Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– to extinguish a candle DAFF 1677 Eng. dial.
– to extinguish a candle QUENCH c1290 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– to extinguish a candle QUINCH Bk1905 Ireland
– to light candles before there is need BURN DAYLIGHT 1899 Amer. dial.
– to melt away; said of a candle SWEAL 1653
– to snuff a candle SNUFT B1900 Eng. dial.
– to snuff a candle TIND 1883 Eng. dial.
– to snuff a candle TOP 1594 obs.
– to snuff a candle TOP THE GLIM Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– to work by candle-light after the lights have been extinguished; to ‘burn the midnight oil’; chiefly used with ‘up’ TOLLY 1890 Harrow School usage
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