| 单词 | death candle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdeath candle death candle n. (a) a candle kept burning beside a dying person or a corpse; (b) Scottish a hovering or flickering phosphorescent light, superstitiously regarded as an omen of death; a corpse candle; cf. death-flame n. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > ghost or phantom > [noun] > light appearing over corpse > light as omen of death fetch-light1692 corpse-candle1694 corpse-light1801 death candle1808 fetch-candle1852 the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > [noun] > used at specific times or in certain places soul candle1389 sizea1483 staff-torch1532 death candle1808 yahrzeit candle1906 1808 R. Southey Chron. Cid 411 Among the Greeks it is lit upon the birth of a child,..and if the child be a first born, carefully laid aside for his death candle; it is then buried with him. 1820 A. Sutherland St. Kathleen IV. iii. 23 She had for three nights in succession seen a death-candle flitting..along the cliffs. 1905 H. Sutcliffe Red o' the Feud xiii. 183 He broke off, seizing the other by the arm and leading him to the ten bodies that lay quiet beneath their death-candles. 1964 Folklore 75 44 The belief expressed in English in the name of the death-watch beetle appears in Scots in deid- (death) candle or deid-licht, a kind of will-o-the-wisp seen before a death. 1993 J. Daniels M-80 4 My mother prayed the rosary in front of the hollow crucifix in her room that slid open to reveal death candles hidden for last rites' blessing. < as lemmas |
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