rush candlen.

Brit.

/ˈrʌʃ ˌkandl/, U.S.

/ˈrəʃ ˌkænd(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rush n.¹, candle n.

Etymology: < rush n.¹ + candle n. Compare later rushlight n.

1. A candle of little power made by dipping the pith of a rush in tallow or some other grease. Cf. rushlight n. 1.In quot. 1578: a kind of rush (genus Juncus), formerly used as a candle.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > [noun] > made from animal fat > made from rushes dipped in fat

seave14..

rusha1475

rush candle1547

rushlight1637

1547 W. Salesbury Dict. Eng. & Welshe sig. H.iii^v Kandell vrw, a russhe candell.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iv. lii. 511 The first kinde [of Rushes] is called in English, the Rush candle, or Candle rushe: Camels strawe.

1591 T. Nashe in Sir P. Sidney Astrophel & Stella Introd. Put out your rush candles, you Poets and Rymers.

1637 J. Milton Comus 12 A rush candle from the wicker hole Of some clay habitation.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Candle Rush Candles, used in divers parts of England, are made of the pith of a sort of rushes, peeled, or stripped of the skin, except in one side, and dipt in melted grease.

1770 Monthly Rev. Dec. 416 The hostess came towards me with a rush candle.

1826 A. C. Hutchison Pract. Observ. Surg. (ed. 2) 165 There being only the usual light in the ward, a common rush-candle.

1871 E. H. Bickersteth Two Brothers 203 Is the rush-candle out, mother? For all is midnight dark.

1895 ‘G. Mortimer’ Tales Western Moors 119 He pictured her knitting placidly by the light of a rush candle.

1922 T. Hardy Late Lyrics & Earlier 222 To satisfy thee, Love, I will strike the flint-and-steel, then, And set the rush-candle up, and undo the door.

1976 A. Delius Border i. 125 Now I am up, have lit the rush candle and sit at the table.

2005 Times Educ. Suppl. (Nexis) 11 Feb. 15 There is a space for the traditional tallow candle, but also a clip for a square rush candle that could be lit at both ends to give better light.

2. figurative and in figurative contexts. Something weak, feeble, or insignificant. Also with reference to a person. Cf. rushlight n. 1a.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > one who is unimportant

unknownc1390

pawnc1450

semi-cipher?1550

bauble1570

Jack with the feather1581

nobody1583

winterling1585

squash1600

rush candle1628

niflec1635

nullity1657

nonentity1710

featherweight1812

underscrub1822

nyaff1825

small fish1836

no-account1840

little fish1846

peanut1864

commonplacer1874

sparrow-fart1886

Little Willie1901

pipsqueak1905

nebbish1907

pie-biter1911

blob1916

smallie1930

no-count1932

zilch1933

Mickey Mouse1935

muzhik1945

nerd1951

nothingburger1953

nerk1955

non-person1959

no-mark1982

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > of little importance or trivial

gnatc1000

ball play?c1225

smalla1250

triflec1290

fly1297

child's gamec1380

motec1390

mitec1400

child's playc1405

trufferyc1429

toyc1450

curiosity1474

fly-winga1500

neither mass nor matins1528

boys' play1538

nugament1543

knack?1544

fable1552

nincety-fincety1566

mouse1584

molehill1590

coot1594

scoff1594

nidgery1611

pin matter1611

triviality1611

minuity1612

feathera1616

fillip1621

rattle1622

fiddlesticka1625

apex1625

rush candle1628

punctilio1631

rushlight1635

notchet1637

peppercorn1638

petty John1640

emptiness1646

fool-fangle1647

nonny-no1652

crepundian1655

fly-biting1659

pushpin1660

whinny-whanny1673

whiffle1680

straw1692

two and a plack1692

fiddle1695

trivial1715

barley-strawa1721

nothingism1742

curse1763

nihility1765

minutia1782

bee's knee1797

minutiae1797

niff-naff1808

playwork1824

floccinaucity1829

trivialism1830

chicken feed1834

nonsensical1842

meemaw1862

infinitesimality1867

pinfall1868

fidfad1875

flummadiddle1882

quantité négligeable1885

quotidian1902

pipsqueak1905

hickey1909

piddle1910

cream puff1920

squat1934

administrivia1937

chickenshit1938

cream puff1938

diddly-squat1963

non-issue1965

Tinkertoy1972

1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. xxvii. sig. F^v A candle should not be hid vnder a bushell, and for his part, he will be sure not to hide his, thogh his candle be but a snuffe or Rush-candle.

1665 G. Wither Medit. upon Lords Prayer 67 My Rush-candle may perhaps occasion the enlightning of many Torches hereafter.

1677 A. Horneck Great Law Consideration (1704) vi. 321 What is all the light our eyes behold, but a rush-candle to him that is the father of lights?

1774 Mod. Fine Gentleman I. 120 Dare not to set her charms in competition with those of my Melmoth; you might as well compare a rush candle to the sun.

1888 Official Rep. Church Congr. 23 I would not search the caverns of God's great verities with a rush candle of the middle age when I can bring the calcium light of modern research to my help.

1903 20th Cent. Apr. 669 If we only possess a rush candle we ought to assist the efforts of those who try to pierce this gloom, so that there may be more light.

1994 M. Jiaju tr. 100 Anc. Chinese Miniature Stories 231 When I first heard of your name, I thought highly of you, but now I find you are simply a rush candle, so I'm leaving.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rush candle
释义	rush candlen. Brit. /ˈrʌʃ ˌkandl/, U.S. /ˈrəʃ ˌkænd(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rush n.¹, candle n. Etymology: < rush n.¹ + candle n. Compare later rushlight n. 1. A candle of little power made by dipping the pith of a rush in tallow or some other grease. Cf. rushlight n. 1.In quot. 1578: a kind of rush (genus Juncus), formerly used as a candle. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > [noun] > made from animal fat > made from rushes dipped in fat seave14.. rusha1475 rush candle1547 rushlight1637 1547 W. Salesbury Dict. Eng. & Welshe sig. H.iii^v Kandell vrw, a russhe candell. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iv. lii. 511 The first kinde [of Rushes] is called in English, the Rush candle, or Candle rushe: Camels strawe. 1591 T. Nashe in Sir P. Sidney Astrophel & Stella Introd. Put out your rush candles, you Poets and Rymers. 1637 J. Milton Comus 12 A rush candle from the wicker hole Of some clay habitation. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Candle Rush Candles, used in divers parts of England, are made of the pith of a sort of rushes, peeled, or stripped of the skin, except in one side, and dipt in melted grease. 1770 Monthly Rev. Dec. 416 The hostess came towards me with a rush candle. 1826 A. C. Hutchison Pract. Observ. Surg. (ed. 2) 165 There being only the usual light in the ward, a common rush-candle. 1871 E. H. Bickersteth Two Brothers 203 Is the rush-candle out, mother? For all is midnight dark. 1895 ‘G. Mortimer’ Tales Western Moors 119 He pictured her knitting placidly by the light of a rush candle. 1922 T. Hardy Late Lyrics & Earlier 222 To satisfy thee, Love, I will strike the flint-and-steel, then, And set the rush-candle up, and undo the door. 1976 A. Delius Border i. 125 Now I am up, have lit the rush candle and sit at the table. 2005 Times Educ. Suppl. (Nexis) 11 Feb. 15 There is a space for the traditional tallow candle, but also a clip for a square rush candle that could be lit at both ends to give better light. 2. figurative and in figurative contexts. Something weak, feeble, or insignificant. Also with reference to a person. Cf. rushlight n. 1a. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > one who is unimportant unknownc1390 pawnc1450 semi-cipher?1550 bauble1570 Jack with the feather1581 nobody1583 winterling1585 squash1600 rush candle1628 niflec1635 nullity1657 nonentity1710 featherweight1812 underscrub1822 nyaff1825 small fish1836 no-account1840 little fish1846 peanut1864 commonplacer1874 sparrow-fart1886 Little Willie1901 pipsqueak1905 nebbish1907 pie-biter1911 blob1916 smallie1930 no-count1932 zilch1933 Mickey Mouse1935 muzhik1945 nerd1951 nothingburger1953 nerk1955 non-person1959 no-mark1982 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > of little importance or trivial gnatc1000 ball play?c1225 smalla1250 triflec1290 fly1297 child's gamec1380 motec1390 mitec1400 child's playc1405 trufferyc1429 toyc1450 curiosity1474 fly-winga1500 neither mass nor matins1528 boys' play1538 nugament1543 knack?1544 fable1552 nincety-fincety1566 mouse1584 molehill1590 coot1594 scoff1594 nidgery1611 pin matter1611 triviality1611 minuity1612 feathera1616 fillip1621 rattle1622 fiddlesticka1625 apex1625 rush candle1628 punctilio1631 rushlight1635 notchet1637 peppercorn1638 petty John1640 emptiness1646 fool-fangle1647 nonny-no1652 crepundian1655 fly-biting1659 pushpin1660 whinny-whanny1673 whiffle1680 straw1692 two and a plack1692 fiddle1695 trivial1715 barley-strawa1721 nothingism1742 curse1763 nihility1765 minutia1782 bee's knee1797 minutiae1797 niff-naff1808 playwork1824 floccinaucity1829 trivialism1830 chicken feed1834 nonsensical1842 meemaw1862 infinitesimality1867 pinfall1868 fidfad1875 flummadiddle1882 quantité négligeable1885 quotidian1902 pipsqueak1905 hickey1909 piddle1910 cream puff1920 squat1934 administrivia1937 chickenshit1938 cream puff1938 diddly-squat1963 non-issue1965 Tinkertoy1972 1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. xxvii. sig. F^v A candle should not be hid vnder a bushell, and for his part, he will be sure not to hide his, thogh his candle be but a snuffe or Rush-candle. 1665 G. Wither Medit. upon Lords Prayer 67 My Rush-candle may perhaps occasion the enlightning of many Torches hereafter. 1677 A. Horneck Great Law Consideration (1704) vi. 321 What is all the light our eyes behold, but a rush-candle to him that is the father of lights? 1774 Mod. Fine Gentleman I. 120 Dare not to set her charms in competition with those of my Melmoth; you might as well compare a rush candle to the sun. 1888 Official Rep. Church Congr. 23 I would not search the caverns of God's great verities with a rush candle of the middle age when I can bring the calcium light of modern research to my help. 1903 20th Cent. Apr. 669 If we only possess a rush candle we ought to assist the efforts of those who try to pierce this gloom, so that there may be more light. 1994 M. Jiaju tr. 100 Anc. Chinese Miniature Stories 231 When I first heard of your name, I thought highly of you, but now I find you are simply a rush candle, so I'm leaving. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1547
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