candle

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A stick of wax with a string through the middle that gives light when it burns.

   I lit a candle with a match when the power went out.

2. 2
   verb

   To hold an egg up to a light to check whether it is fresh.

   The farmer candled each egg before packing it into the carton.

From Middle English candel, from Old English candel (“candle”), borrowed from Latin candēla (“candle”), from Latin candeō (“be white, bright, shining”, verb); see candid. Doublet of candela and chandelle.

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