wax light

American  

noun

1. a candle made of wax.

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wax light British  

noun

1. a candle or taper of wax

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Etymology

Origin of wax light

First recorded in 1690–1700

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Example Sentences

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wax light

Mr. Ebers took a telemarketing position at a company that sold floor wax, light bulbs and other maintenance products.

From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2011

I was standing on the bridge when I took out my watch and struck a wax light to see the time; and it came upon me suddenly what a strange evening it had been.

From The House of Souls by Arthur Machen

She took from them the great wax light, "Now ye shall lie in the dark at night."

From The Haunted Hour An Anthology by Margaret Widdemer

When the crowd made their taper-offering, he took a wax light from the chorister and followed those who walked round the branch candlesticks mighty as trees, which burned at the four corners of the pall.

From Stories by Foreign Authors: Polish, Greek, Belgian, Hungarian by Henryk Sienkiewicz

For you know well that beside the full night, which is the deep dark, there are two times of darkness, the one ere the morning wax light, the other when the evening waxeth dark.

From Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation With Modifications To Obsolete Language By Monica Stevens by Monica Stevens

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