tallow candlen.
A candle made of tallow.
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the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > [noun] > made from animal fat > by dipping in tallow
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tallow1819
dip-candle1829
tolly1890
1452 in Berks, Bucks & Oxon Archæol. Jrnl. Oct. (1903) 78 Item for j lb. & a hafe of tallowcandell..j d. ob.
1496–7 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 33 Item, iiij Candylstykes of laton with braunches for Talough candell.
1545 in Shropshire Parish Documents (1903) 79 For talo candyllys.
1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall x. 74 We took a Tallow-Candle of such a size that eight of them make about a pound.
1885 J. Ruskin Præterita I. vii. 229 My parents..used only tallow candles in plated candlesticks.
Derivatives
tallow-candle v. (transitive) to smear or rub with a tallow candle.Apparently an isolated use.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > soil [verb (transitive)] > smear > smear with specific substances
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tallow-candle1894
1894 R. D. Blackmore Perlycross I. vii. 90 The nap of his old velvet coat, where a wicked boy had tallow-candled it.
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