candle
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[edit] Etymology
From Old English candel, from Latin candēla (“a candle”), from candeō (“I am white, bright, shining”); see candid.
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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 highlighted to one’s view.
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a light source
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[edit] Verb
candle (third-person singular simple present candles, present participle candling, simple past and past participle candled)
- (embryology) To observe the growth of an embryo inside an egg, using a bright light source.
- (pottery) To dry greenware prior to beginning of the firing cycle, setting the kiln at 200° Celsius until all water is removed from the greenware.
- To check an item (such as an envelope) by holding it between a light souce and the eye.
[edit] External links
- candle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- candle in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
