candled
Variant of candle
candle
definition
can·dle (kan′dəl)
noun
- a cylindrical mass of tallow or wax with a wick through its center, which gives light when burned
- anything like a candle in form or use
- candela
- until 1940, a standard unit of luminous intensity equal to a certain fraction of the candle power of a group of 45 carbon-filament lamps kept at the National Bureau of Standards; international candle
Etymology: ME & OE candel < L candela, a light, torch < candere: see candescent
Related Forms:
- candler can′·dler noun
candle Idioms
burn the candle at both ends
to work or, esp., play too much so that one's energy is dissipated
not hold a candle to
to be not nearly so good as
(a game) not worth the candle
- (a game) with stakes not sufficient to pay for the lights
- (a thing) not worth doing
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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