单词 | fetch-light |
释义 | fetch-lightn. A name given (apparently in South Wales) to the ‘corpse-candle’ (Welsh canwyll corff), a spectral light supposed to be seen before a person's death travelling from his house to his grave. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > ghost or phantom > [noun] > light appearing over corpse > light as omen of death fetch-light1692 corpse-candle1694 corpse-light1801 death candle1808 fetch-candle1852 1692 Athenian Mercury 6 vi. 1/1 Before the Death of any person in the Family, there is an Appearance vulgarly called a Fetch-light. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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