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Candlewaster :: Candlewaster (n.) One who consumes candles by being up late for study or dissipation.

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

Candlebomb :: Candlebomb (n.) A small glass bubble, filled with water, which, if placed in the flame of a candle, bursts by expansion of steam..

Canstick :: Canstick (n.) Candlestick.

Socket :: Socket (n.) Especially, the hollow tube or place in which a candle is fixed in the candlestick..

Waster :: Waster (v. t.) An imperfection in the wick of a candle, causing it to waste; -- called also a thief..

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

Girandole :: Girandole (n.) An ornamental branched candlestick.

Bismuth :: Bismuth (n.) One of the elements; a metal of a reddish white color, crystallizing in rhombohedrons. It is somewhat harder than lead, and rather brittle; masses show broad cleavage surfaces when broken across. It melts at 507¡ Fahr., being easily fused in the flame of a candle. It is found in a native state, and as a constituent of some minerals. Specific gravity 9.8. Atomic weight 207.5. Symbol Bi..

Shaft :: Shaft (n.) The part of a candlestick which supports its branches.

Candle :: Candle (n.) That which gives light; a luminary.

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

Extinguisher :: Extinguisher (n.) One who, or that which, extinguishes; esp., a hollow cone or other device for extinguishing a flame, as of a torch or candle..

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

Wick :: Wick (n.) A bundle of fibers, or a loosely twisted or braided cord, tape, or tube, usually made of soft spun cotton threads, which by capillary attraction draws up a steady supply of the oil in lamps, the melted tallow or wax in candles, or other material used for illumination, in small successive portions, to be burned..

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

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

Overnight :: Overnight (adv.) In the fore part of the night last past; in the evening before; also, during the night; as, the candle will not last overnight..

Dip :: Dip (n.) A dipped candle.

Broach :: Broach (n.) The stick from which candle wicks are suspended for dipping.

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