candle tree (kandltre)

[Tr. of the Sp. palo de velas: palo, a cudgel, pole, etc., candle-waster (kan'dl-was"tèr), n. One who wastes candles; specifically, in contempt or reproach, one who wastes or consumes candles in occupations considered unprofitable or harmful, as di ipation or exce ive or late study. [Now rare.] Patch grief with proverbs; make misfortune drunk With candle - wasters . Shak ., Much Ado, v. 1. A whoreson book-worm, a candle -waster. B. Jonson, Cynthia's Revels, iii. 2.