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candle
English
Etymology
From Middle English candel, from Old English candel (“candle”), borrowed from Latin cand?la (“candle”), from Latin cande? (“be white, bright, shining”, verb); see candid. Doublet of candela and chandelle.
Pronunciation
- (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?kænd?l/, /?kændl?/
- Rhymes: -ænd?l
Noun
candle (plural candles)
- A light source consisting of a wick embedded in a solid, flammable substance such as wax, tallow, or paraffin.
- The protruding, removable portion of a filter, particularly a water filter.
- (obsolete) A unit of luminous intensity, now replaced by the SI unit candela.
- (forestry) A fast-growing, light-colored, upward-growing shoot on a pine tree in the spring. As growth slows in summer, the shoot darkens and is no longer conspicuous.
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Sranan Tongo: kandra
- ? Chichewa: kandulo
Translations
Verb
candle (third-person singular simple present candles, present participle candling, simple past and past participle candled)
- (embryology, transitive) To observe the growth of an embryo inside (an egg), using a bright light source.
- (pottery, transitive) To dry (greenware) prior to the firing cycle, setting the kiln at 200° Celsius until all water is removed from the greenware.
- (transitive) To check (an item, such as an envelope) by holding it between a light source and the eye.
Further reading
- candle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- candle in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Declan, calend, lanced
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snaste
English
Alternative forms
- snast, snaist, snaast, sneeste, sneest, snace, snaice, sneeze, snaich
Etymology
Perhaps related to snite (verb), or perhaps related to gnast.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /snæst/, (dialectally also) /sne?st/
Noun
snaste (plural snastes)
- (obsolete, dialectal) The burnt or burning part of the wick of a candle; the snuff.
- 1626, Francis Bacon, Natural History, page 127:
- Till some part of the candle was consumed, and the dust gathered about the snaste; but then it made the snaste big, and long, and to burn duskishly.
- 1865, Edward FitzGerald, Works, page 426:
- A coming letter is foretold by a projecting spark on the snaste.
- 1899, Fison, Merry Suf., page 62:
- As that snaste of that candle, goos out.
- 1626, Francis Bacon, Natural History, page 127:
Verb
snaste (third-person singular simple present snastes, present participle snasting, simple past and past participle snasted)
- (transitive, obsolete, dialectal) To snuff a candle.
References
Anagrams
- antses, assent, sanest, stanes, steans
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