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A tall candlestick; (in later use) spec. a tall candlestick or gas lamp rising directly from the floor of a church. Also: †a candle (obsolete)…
a vertical tube filled with water, intended to hold a floating piece of wax candle.
A small iron lamp with a handle, burning oil or tallow; also, a sort of triangular iron candlestick with one or more sockets for candles, having the…
Australian. Opal-mining. (See quot. 1912.)