Candle

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Candle \Can"dle\, n. [OE. candel, candel, AS, candel, fr. L.
     candela a (white) light made of wax or tallow, fr. cand["e]re
     to be white. See {Candid}, and cf. {Chandler}, {Cannel},
     {Kindle}.]
     1. A slender, cylindrical body of tallow, containing a wick
        composed of loosely twisted linen of cotton threads, and


        used to furnish light.
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              How far that little candle throws his beams!
              So shines a good deed in a naughty world. --Shak.
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     Note: Candles are usually made by repeatedly dipping the
           wicks in the melted tallow, etc. ("dipped candles"), or
           by casting or running in a mold.
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     2. That which gives light; a luminary.
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              By these blessed candles of the night. --Shak.
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     {Candle nut}, the fruit of a euphorbiaceous shrub ({Aleurites
        triloba}), a native of some of the Pacific islands; --
        socalled because, when dry, it will burn with a bright
        flame, and is used by the natives as a candle. The oil has
        many uses.
  
     {Candle power} (Photom.), illuminating power, as of a lamp,
        or gas flame, reckoned in terms of the light of a standard
        candle.
  
     {Electric candle}, A modification of the electric arc lamp,
        in which the carbon rods, instead of being placed end to
        end, are arranged side by side, and at a distance suitable
        for the formation of the arc at the tip; -- called also,
        from the name of the inventor, {Jablockoff candle}.
  
     {Excommunication by inch of candle}, a form of
        excommunication in which the offender is allowed time to
        repent only while a candle burns.
  
     {Not worth the candle}, not worth the cost or trouble.
  
     {Rush candle}, a candle made of the pith of certain rushes,
        peeled except on one side, and dipped in grease.
  
     {Sale by inch of candle}, an auction in which persons are
        allowed to bid only till a small piece of candle burns
        out.
  
     {Standard candle} (Photom.), a special form of candle
        employed as a standard in photometric measurements;
        usually, a candle of spermaceti so constructed as to burn
        at the rate of 120 grains, or 7.8 grams, per hour.
  
     {To curse by bell, book and candle}. See under {Bell}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  candle
       n 1: stick of wax with a wick in the middle [syn: {taper}, {wax
            light}]
       2: the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the
          Systeme International d'Unites; equal to 1/60 of the
          luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body
          radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin [syn:
           {candela}, {cd}, {standard candle}]
       v : examine eggs for freshness by holding them against a light

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  114 Moby Thesaurus words for "candle":
     ASA scale, Agnus Dei, British candle, Hefner candle, Holy Grail,
     Host, Pieta, Sanctus bell, Sangraal, Scheiner scale, ark, asperger,
     asperges, aspergillum, bambino, bayberry candle, beadroll, beads,
     bougie, bougie decimale, candle lumen, candle power, candle-foot,
     candle-hour, candle-meter, censer, chaplet, ciborium,
     corpse candle, cross, crucifix, cruet, decimal candle, dip,
     electric light bulb, eucharistial, exposure meter, farthing dip,
     fire, flame, flux, holy cross, holy water, holy-water sprinkler,
     icon, illuminant, illuminator, incandescent body, incensory,
     intensity, international candle, lamp, lamp-hour, lantern, light,
     light bulb, light meter, light quantum, light source, lumen,
     lumen meter, lumen-hour, lumeter, luminant, luminary,
     luminous flux, luminous intensity, luminous power, lux, match,
     matzo, menorah, mezuzah, mikvah, monstrance, moon, osculatory,
     ostensorium, paschal candle, pax, photon, phylacteries,
     prayer shawl, prayer wheel, pyx, quantum, relics, rood, rosary,
     rush candle, rushlight, sacramental, sacred relics, sacring bell,
     shofar, source of light, stars, sukkah, sun, tabernacle, tallith,
     tallow candle, tallow dip, taper, thurible, torch, unit of flux,
     unit of light, urceole, veronica, vigil light, votary candle,
     votive candle, wax candle
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  Candle
       
          Part of the {Scorpion} environment development system.
       
          (1994-11-09)
       
       

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Candle
     Heb. ner, Job 18:6; 29:3; Ps. 18:28; Prov. 24:20, in all which
     places the Revised Version and margin of Authorized Version have
     "lamp," by which the word is elsewhere frequently rendered. The
     Hebrew word denotes properly any kind of candle or lamp or
     torch. It is used as a figure of conscience (Prov. 20:27), of a
     Christian example (Matt. 5:14, 15), and of prosperity (Job
     21:17; Prov. 13:9).