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Definition of wax light in English: wax lightnoun historical A taper or candle made from wax. Example sentencesExamples - Across the street the wax lights were lighted.
- He ordered six pounds of candles and two pounds of wax lights on the account of a firm of chemists.
- On a table, in the centre of the chamber, stood a branched silver candlestick, throwing down the glow of half a dozen wax lights upon a paper apparently ready for the Lieutenant-Governor's signature.
- There is a documented case of gentlemen being arrested for ‘use of wax lights and tapers’ in Durham Cathedral.
- At 6.30 sharp, the excited chatter stops as the great man enters, with two wax lights being carried in front of him.
- It is suggested also, but as if by a dream within a dream, that there are two angels, bearing two candlesticks of gold filled with wax lights.
Synonyms candle, spill, wick, night light
Definition of wax light in US English: wax lightnoun historical A taper or candle made from wax. Example sentencesExamples - He ordered six pounds of candles and two pounds of wax lights on the account of a firm of chemists.
- Across the street the wax lights were lighted.
- On a table, in the centre of the chamber, stood a branched silver candlestick, throwing down the glow of half a dozen wax lights upon a paper apparently ready for the Lieutenant-Governor's signature.
- At 6.30 sharp, the excited chatter stops as the great man enters, with two wax lights being carried in front of him.
- There is a documented case of gentlemen being arrested for ‘use of wax lights and tapers’ in Durham Cathedral.
- It is suggested also, but as if by a dream within a dream, that there are two angels, bearing two candlesticks of gold filled with wax lights.
Synonyms candle, spill, wick, night light
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