candlelightn.
/ˈkand(ə)llʌɪt/ 1. † d. figurative. ‘Light’ of life. Cf. candle n. 3b. Obsolete.
a. The light given by a candle or by candles. Often, artificial light in general.
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the world > matter > light > artificial light > [noun] > candlelight
candlelighta1000
taper-light1577
a1000 C.R. Benet 53 (Bosw.) Candel-leoht.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 11853 Þer wes al longe niht songes and caldel-liht [read candel-liht].
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 2544 Þay schyne þer in tal þat house so doþ þe candeliȝt.
c1430 Hymns Virg. (1867) 123 As cler as candyllyȝth.
1678 Trial Coleman 30 I cannot see a great way by Candle-light.
1710 J. Addison Tatler No. 240. ⁋5 One who had studied Thirty Years by Candle-light.
1716 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 1 Dec. (1965) I. 288 A very fine Effect by Candlelight.
1875 A. Helps Social Pressure ix. 133 Well, don't you think that most men fall in love by candle-light?
b. ‘The necessary candles for use’ (Johnson).
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the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > [noun] > collectively
chandelewa1475
white light1516
candlelight?1523
chandlery-
?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. lii Whyder the warke that thou..and thy seruauntes shall do, be more auantage to the, than the fyre and candellight that they shall spende.
1694 W. Molineux Let. 2 June in J. Locke Corr. (1979) V. 70 I shall want a Tutor for him..[who] should Eat at My Own Table, and have his Lodging, Washing, Firing and Candlelight in My House.
c. A picture representing a scene by candlelight.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to subject > [noun] > paintings of other scenes
pageant1451
fire piece1592
rhopographer1730
candlelight1763
hunting-piece1765
interior1829
fête galante1851
1763 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting III. i. 14 He frequently painted candle-lights.
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the world > life > source or principle of life > vital principle > [noun]
souleOE
lifeOE
spiritusOE
bloodOE
ghostOE
life and soulOE
quickship?c1225
quicknessc1230
breatha1300
spirita1325
spark1382
naturec1385
sparkle1388
livelinessa1398
rational soula1398
spiracle1398
animal spirit?a1425
vital spiritc1450
soul of the world1525
candle1535
fire1576
three souls1587
vitality?1592
candlelight1596
substance1605
vivacity1611
animality1615
vividity1616
animals1628
life spring1649
archeus1651
vital1670
spirituosity1677
springs of life1681
microcosmetor1684
vital force1702
vital spark (also flame)1704
stamen1718
vis vitae1752
prana1785
Purusha1785
jiva1807
vital force1822
heartbeat1828
world-soul1828
world-spirit1828
life energy1838
life force1848
ghost soul1869
will to live1871
biogen1882
ki1893
mauri1897
élan vital1907
orgone1942
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. iii. sig. Bbv A man of full ripe yeares..Weake age had dimd his candle light . View more context for this quotation
2. The time during, or at, which candles are lighted; dusk, nightfall.
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the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > evening > [noun] > twilight, dusk, or nightfall
nighteOE
evengloamOE
eveningOE
gloamingc1000
darknessa1382
twilighting1387
crepusculum1398
crepusculec1400
darkc1400
twilight1412
sky1515
twinlightc1532
day-going?1552
cockshut1592
shutting1598
blind man's holiday1599
candle-lighting1605
gropsing1606
nightfall1612
dusk1622
torchlighta1656
candlelight1663
crepuscle1665
shut1667
mock-shade1669
close1696
duskish1696
glooma1699
setting1699
dimmit1746
to-fall of the day or night1748
darklins1767
even-close1781
mirkning1790
gloaming-shot1793
darkening1814
bat-flying time1818
gloama1821
between-light1821
settle1822
dayfall1823
evenfall1825
onfall1825
owl-hoot1832
glooming1842
darkfall1884
smokefall1936
dusk-light1937
1663 S. Pepys Diary 29 Aug. (1971) IV. 290 She and I, it being candle-light, bought meat for tomorrow.
1699 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) IV. 481 Yesterday the lords satt till after candlelight debating his majesties speech.
1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) Pref. p. xxvi The Whole might be done..twice over before Candle-light.
1860 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. VIII. lix. 293 Soon after candle-light on the fourth..the firing was renewed.
3. attributive. Of or pertaining to candlelight.
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the world > matter > light > artificial light > [adjective] > of or relating to candlelight
candlelight1634
1634–46 J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 328 Unlawfull conventicles, candle-light congregations.
a1644 F. Quarles Solomons Recantation (1645) Sol. viii. 43 Candle-light devotion.
1797–1803 J. Foster Jrnl. in Life & Corr. J. Foster (1846) I. 179 Pages of vulgar truisms and candle-light sense.
1813 Examiner 22 Feb. 124/1 The candle-light glow of Titian.
1832 F. Marryat Newton Forster III. vii. 101 A very pretty candle-light colour.
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