rush candle
noun
a candle made from a dried, partly peeled rush that has been dipped in grease.
Origin of rush candle
1First recorded in 1585–95
- Also called rush light .
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How to use rush candle in a sentence
As he pored over the map, by the light of bog-deal torch or rush candle, what would he see upon it?
Hereward, The Last of the English | Charles KingsleyThe radiance of sunlight might well have been less than the blaze of a rush candle before the staggering brilliancy.
The Golden Woman | Ridgwell CullumTheir wee green cloaks were folded close about them, and each carried a rush candle.
The Children's Book of Christmas Stories | VariousAs to the character of the President himself, to praise him was like holding up a rush candle to let us see the sun.
Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. I (of 16) | Thomas Hart BentonThe old woman Gianna had come downstairs with a lighted rush candle in her hand; she was scared and afraid.
The Waters of Edera | Louise de la Rame, a.k.a. Ouida
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