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单词 wax candle
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wax candlen.

Brit. /ˌwaks ˈkandl/, U.S. /ˌwæks ˈkænd(ə)l/
A candle made of wax.
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ciergec1300
wax-light1600
cere-candle1632
bougiea1753
wax1844
c725 Corpus Gloss. (Hessels) F 419 Funalia, cerei, waex~condel.
a1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 202/28 Cereus, wexcandel.
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. lxi. 1323 Þey þat serueþ in chirche of wexe candels ben ycleped ceroferarii.
c1450 Mirk's Festial 295/2 Þan is þer anoþer cros of a wax-candul leyde on hys breste.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. v. sig. Q8 Sitting in a chaire,..& looking vpon a wax-candle which burnt before her.
1605 P. Erondelle French Garden O 7 b Make readie the Siluer-candlestickes with the waxe candles.
1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea I. ii. xxxiii. 224 In the middle of the room..was one large wax-candle.
1846 A. Marsh Father Darcy II. xviii. 300 Blazing wax candles.
1892 F. P. Verney et al. Mem. Verney Family Civil War I. 22 Two great wax candles of 12 lbs. weight, to be burnt before the high altar of the church.
attributive.1663 Cup of Coffee (single sheet) Should any of your grandsires ghosts appear In your wax-candle-circles.
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