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单词 candle-lighter
释义 ˈcandle-ˈlighter
[f. candle + lighter.]
1. One who lights candles; spec. an acolyte.
1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., Candle-lighter, an officer in the antient church, called also accensor and acolythus.1853Ruskin Stones Ven. II. iii. §35. 51 Watching the candle-lighter at his work, knocking his ladder about the heads of the capitals as if they had given him personal offence.
2. A thing for lighting a candle, etc.; a spill.
1855Mrs. Gaskell North & S. 240 (Hoppe) She knew that her mother slept, from the candle-lighter thrust through the keyhole of her bedroom door.1859W. Collins After Dark 67 (Hoppe) A piece of paper, rolled up tight like those candle-lighters that the ladies make.
So candle-lighting vbl. n.
1605L. Hutten An Answer 80 They washed at table and at candle-lighting.1784Maryland Jrnl. 17 Sept. Advt. (Th.), Said School to begin at Candle-lighting, and continue till Nine o'Clock, p.m.1869Mrs. Stowe Oldtown Folks xxxiv. 449 Designing to bring up at the red school-house..at ‘early candle-lighting’.1896Dialect Notes I. 385 Evenin' meetin' took up at early candle-lightin'.
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