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
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
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
What business has a rush light to go out in a couple of hours?
From Emilie the Peacemaker by Geldart, Mrs. Thomas
By the dim rush light we took and read it.
From Sir Ludar A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess by Reed, Talbot Baines
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