rush candle
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of rush candle
First recorded in 1585–95
Example Sentences
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At this window, but a few paces away, she found her daughter awaiting her, and by the light of the rush candle that she carried she saw that the girl's face was deadly white.
From The Sign of the Red Cross by Evelyn Everett-Green
She opened the door slowly, and the rush candle showed her clothing scattered about the room.
From A Singer from the Sea by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
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 Anthony Trollope
It was now evening, and a faint light, shed from a rush candle, gleamed through the broken apertures of the low casement.
From Mark Hurdlestone Or, The Two Brothers by Susanna Moodie
He lighted a rush candle and looked about him.
From The Thirsty Sword by Robert Leighton
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