rush light
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
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 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)
With such instruments and a snowy ground, master Redmain, you might be back at your castle of Kilmory in two flickers of a rush light.
From The Thirsty Sword by Leighton, Robert
After a time she sprang from the bed, lighted a candle at the rush light, and read John's letter in a tremor of dream-wrought fear.
From Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall by Major, Charles
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