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wax light

noun

  1. a candle made of wax.


wax light

noun

  1. a candle or taper of wax
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of wax light1

First recorded in 1690–1700
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Example Sentences

She then had the burial place measured, and ordered a wax-light as long as its circumference, for burning in the synagogue.

My father sat down on the floor at the foot of my couch, where the wax light threw his shadow, exaggerating its unmoving profile.

In a corner of the room burned a little green wax light before a badly-engraved print supposed to represent the Virgin.

This parting shot told, and Mrs. Warren flared up like a wax light.

They brought a wax light; Morgan held the paper to the flame.

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