A spark in the wick of candle popularly supposed to presage the arrival of a letter or visitor. Chiefly in letter in the candle. Now rare.
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| 释义 | the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > [noun] > portending a visitor or letter (2) letter1708 A spark in the wick of candle popularly supposed to presage the arrival of a letter or visitor. Chiefly in letter in the candle. Now rare. stranger1798 Any of the things which are popularly imagined to forebode the coming of an unexpected visitor, e.g. a floating tea-leaf in the cup; an excrescence… |
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