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

Save-all :: Save-all (n.) A device in a candlestick to hold the ends of candles, so that they be burned..

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..

Rushlight :: Rushlight (n.) A rush candle, or its light; hence, a small, feeble light..

Snuff :: Snuff (v. t.) To crop the snuff of, as a candle; to take off the end of the snuff of..

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

Candelabrum :: Candelabrum (n.) A large candlestick, having several branches..

Torch :: Torch (n.) A light or luminary formed of some combustible substance, as of resinous wood; a large candle or flambeau, or a lamp giving a large, flaring flame..

Lustre :: Lustre (n.) A candlestick, chandelier, girandole, or the like, generally of an ornamental character..

Snite :: Snite (v. t.) To blow, as the nose; to snuff, as a candle..

Bayberry :: Bayberry (n.) The fruit of Myrica cerifera (wax myrtle); the shrub itself; -- called also candleberry tree.

Lucubratory :: Lucubratory (a.) Composed by candlelight, or by night; of or pertaining to night studies; laborious or painstaking..

Swallet :: Swale (n.) A gutter in a candle.

Latten :: Latten (n.) A kind of brass hammered into thin sheets, formerly much used for making church utensils, as candlesticks, crosses, etc.; -- called also latten brass..

Chandler :: Chandler (n.) A maker or seller of candles.

Benediction :: Benediction (n.) A solemn rite by which bells, banners, candles, etc., are blessed with holy water, and formally dedicated to God..

Candleberry Tree :: Candleberry tree () A shrub (the Myrica cerifera, or wax-bearing myrtle), common in North America, the little nuts of which are covered with a greenish white wax, which was formerly, used for hardening candles; -- also called bayberry tree, bayberry, or candleberry..

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

Gutter :: Gutter (v. i.) To become channeled, as a candle when the flame flares in the wind..

Light :: Light (n.) To set fire to; to cause to burn; to set burning; to ignite; to kindle; as, to light a candle or lamp; to light the gas; -- sometimes with up..

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