rush light

British  

noun

1. a narrow candle, formerly in use, made of the pith of various types of rush dipped in tallow

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Example Sentences

They had lit a rush light so that she saw what had happened in a flash, and immediately she began screaming at the top of her voice.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

There was only a rush light burning, but its faint beams showed him the soft white bed on which his darling lay sleeping.

From The Measure of a Man by Merrill, Frank T. (Frank Thayer)

They accordingly withdrew, the woman having first left a lit rush light candle at his bed-side, as she knew the ceremony required.

From Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two by Carleton, William

I opened mine own door cautiously, having extinguished my rush light, and I saw that the proctors were there, together with the prior and various servants of the college.

From For the Faith by Everett-Green, Evelyn

There! there's that rush light gone out, and you never put any water in the tin; a pretty nurse you make, now I shall have that smell in my nose all night.

From Emilie the Peacemaker by Geldart, Mrs. Thomas