rush candle
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of rush candle
First recorded in 1585–95
Example Sentences
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The two men did not recognize each other, for they had only met for a moment, and that by the faint light of a rush candle.
From La Vendée by Trollope, Anthony
Clelia Alba rose with effort from her chair, relighted her lamp at the old woman's rush candle, and went slowly and heavily up the stairs.
From The Waters of Edera by Ouida
The radiance of sunlight might well have been less than the blaze of a rush candle before the staggering brilliancy.
From The Golden Woman A Story of the Montana Hills by Cullum, Ridgwell
He lighted a rush candle and looked about him.
From The Thirsty Sword by Leighton, Robert
She lighted a fragment of a rush candle by the flame, and, opening a small box containing medicinal preparations, took therefrom a small vial containing an amber-coloured liquid, and held it to the light.
From Captain Kyd (Vol 1 of 2) or, The Wizard of the Sea by Ingraham, Jonathon Holt
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