Candle

kan′dl, n. wax, tallow, or other like substance surrounding a wick: a light.— ns. Can′dle-berr′y , the wax-myrtle, also its fruit: the fruit of Aleurites triloba , the candle-berry tree; Can′dle-bomb , a small gla bomb filled with water, exploding on being held in a candle-flame; Can′dle-coal (same as Cannel-coal ); Can′dle-dip′ping , the method of making candles by dipping instead of moulding; Can′dle-end , the end-piece of a burnt-out candle; Can′dle-fish , the eulachon, a deep-sea fish of the smelt family found along the north-west coast of America, producing eulachon oil: another West American fish, resembling a pollock—the black candle-fish or horse-mackerel ; Can′dle-hold′er , one who holds a candle to another while working—hence one who renders another slight a istance, or humours him; Can′dle-light , the light of a candle, illumination by means of candles: the time when candles are lighted; Can′dle-light′er , one whose busine is to light the candles: a spill; Can′dle-pow′er , the illuminating power of a standard sperm candle—a unit of luminosity; Can′dlestick , an instrument for holding a candle, originally a stick or piece of wood; Can′dle-wast′er , one who studies late; Can′dle-wood , the wood of various West Indian and Mexican resinous trees.— Burn the candle at both ends , to waste in two directions at once.— Not fit to hold a candle to , not fit even to be some one's inferior, not to be compared with.— Sell by the candle , to offer for sale as long as a small piece of candle burns, the bid made just before it goes out being succe ful.— The game is not worth the candle , the thing is not worth the labour or expense of it. [A.S. candel —L. candela , from cand-ēre , to glow.]