fetch candle
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
See fetch (“wraith, apparition”).
Noun[edit]
fetch candle (plural fetch candles)
- (archaic) A mysterious light, which, when seen at night, was believed to foretell a person's death.
- Synonym: corpse candle
References[edit]
- “fetch”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.