单词 | bed-candle |
释义 | > as lemmasbed-candle bed-candle n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > [noun] > nightlight mortara1398 crusell1401 mortar-light1555 watch-lighta1665 wax-lighta1715 veilleuse?1812 night lighta1823 bed-candle1850 1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. xv. 146 Martha from Fairoaks appeared with a bed-candle. 1858 A. Trollope Dr. Thorne I. xi. 240 The doctor, taking his bed-candle..left the room. 1864 E. C. Gaskell French Life i, in Fraser's Mag. Apr. 438/1 When we return from our party..we..light our own particular bed-candles at the dim little lamp. < as lemmas |
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