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Ritualism :: Ritualism (n.) Specifically :(a) The principles and practices of those in the Church of England, who in the development of the Oxford movement, so-called, have insisted upon a return to the use in church services of the symbolic ornaments (altar cloths, encharistic vestments, candles, etc.) that were sanctioned in the second year of Edward VI., and never, as they maintain, forbidden by competennt authority, although generally disused. Schaff-Herzog Encyc. (b) Also, the principles and practices o

Lucubrate :: Lucubrate (n.) To study by candlelight or a lamp; to study by night.

Overnight :: Overnight (adv.) In the fore part of the night last past; in the evening before; also, during the night; as, the candle will not last overnight..

Candlebomb :: Candlebomb (n.) A pasteboard shell used in signaling. It is filled with a composition which makes a brilliant light when it explodes.

Lantern :: Lantern (n.) Something inclosing a light, and protecting it from wind, rain, etc. ; -- sometimes portable, as a closed vessel or case of horn, perforated tin, glass, oiled paper, or other material, having a lamp or candle within; sometimes fixed, as the glazed inclosure of a street light, or of a lighthouse light..

Cierge :: Cierge (n.) A wax candle used in religous rites.

Beshow :: Beshow (n.) A large food fish (Anoplopoma fimbria) of the north Pacific coast; -- called also candlefish.

Show :: Show (n.) A pale blue flame, at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of fire damp..

Lucubration :: Lucubration (n.) The act of lucubrating, or studying by candlelight; nocturnal study; meditation..

Shaft :: Shaft (n.) The part of a candlestick which supports its branches.

Broach :: Broach (n.) The stick from which candle wicks are suspended for dipping.

Snast :: Snast (v. t.) The snuff, or burnt wick, of a candle..

Petrostearine :: Petrostearine (n.) A solid unctuous material, of which candles are made..

Blowpipe :: Blowpipe (n.) A tube for directing a jet of air into a fire or into the flame of a lamp or candle, so as to concentrate the heat on some object..

Canstick :: Canstick (n.) Candlestick.

Eulachon :: Eulachon (n.) The candlefish. [Written also oulachan, oolacan, and ulikon.] See Candlefish..

Candleholder :: Candleholder (n.) One who, or that which, holds a candle; also, one who assists another, but is otherwise not of importance..

Chandelier :: Chandelier (n.) A candlestick, lamp, stand, gas fixture, or the like, having several branches; esp., one hanging from the ceiling..

Stub :: Stub (n.) The short blunt part of anything after larger part has been broken off or used up; hence, anything short and thick; as, the stub of a pencil, candle, or cigar..

Spermaceti :: Spermaceti (n.) A white waxy substance obtained from cavities in the head of the sperm whale, and used making candles, oilments, cosmetics, etc. It consists essentially of ethereal salts of palmitic acid with ethal and other hydrocarbon bases. The substance of spermaceti after the removal of certain impurities is sometimes called cetin..

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