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

Example Sentences

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

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

From The Haunted Hour An Anthology by Widdemer, Margaret

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

From Lazarre by Catherwood, Mary Hartwell

If a man had three or four of these little creatures, which are not larger than a filbert, he could read as well at night as with a wax light.

From Narrative of a Voyage to the West Indies and Mexico In the Years 1599-1602 by Champlain, Samuel de

The use of the crystal sockets was evident, for one shaded wax light burned near me.

From Lazarre by Catherwood, Mary Hartwell