| 单词 | watching candle |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswatching candle watching candle n. a candle used at the ‘watching’ of a shrine or of a corpse; also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > [noun] > for keeping watch watching candle1526 watch-candle1601 1526 Will of T. Stow in Beauties of Eng. & W. X. iii. 261 Item to have on every aultar a wacchyng candle burning from vi of the clocke tyll it be past seven. 1592 R. Greene Vision sig. D4 The Mother and the daughter sette vppe a watching Candle, and sat verie mannerly by a good fier, looking when [he] should wake. 1634 Noble Souldier iv. ii Beauty was turn'd into a watching Candle that went out stinking. < as lemmas |
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