Word Meanings - CANDLEHOLDER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One who, or that which, holds a candle; also, one who assists another, but is otherwise not of importance. Shak.

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• CANDLE POWER
  Illuminating power, as of a lamp, or gas flame, reckoned in terms of the light of a standard candle.
• ANOTHER-GUESS
  Of another sort. It used to go in another-guess manner. Arbuthnot.
• CANDLEHOLDER
  One who, or that which, holds a candle; also, one who assists another, but is otherwise not of importance. Shak.
• CANDLE FOOT
  The illumination produced by a British standard candle at a distance of one foot; --used as a unit of illumination.
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• CANDLEPIN
  A form of pin slender and nearly straight like a candle. The game played with such pins; -- in form candlepins, used as a singular.
• CANDLE METER
  The illumination given by a standard candle at a distance of one meter; -- used as a unit of illumination, except in Great Britain.
• CANDLELIGHT
  The light of a candle. Never went by candlelight to bed. Dryden.
• ANOTHER
  1. One more, in addition to a former number; a second or additional one, similar in likeness or in effect. Another yet! -- a seventh! I 'll see no more. Shak. Would serve to scale another Hero's tower. Shak. 2. Not the same; different. He winks,
• CANDLEBOMB
  1. A small glass bubble, filled with water, which, if placed in the flame of a candle, bursts by expansion of steam. 2. A pasteboard shell used in signaling. It is filled with a composition which makes a brilliant light when it explodes. Farrow.
• OTHERWISE
  1. In a different manner; in another way, or in other ways; differently; contrarily. Chaucer. Thy father was a worthy prince, And merited, alas! a better fate; But Heaven thought otherwise. Addison. 2. In other respects. It is said, truly, that
• CANDLENUT
  1. The fruit of a euphorbiaceous tree or shrub , native of some of the Pacific islands. It is used by the natives as a candle. The oil from the nut has many uses. 2. The tree itself.
• CANDLEWASTER
  One who consumes candles by being up late for study or dissipation. A bookworm, a candlewaster. B. Jonson.
• CANDLEBERRY TREE
  A shrub , common in North America, the little nuts of which are covered with a greenish white wax, which was formerly, used for hardening candles; -- also called bayberry tree, bayberry, or candleberry.
• IMPORTANCE
  1. The quality or state of being important; consequence; weight; moment; significance. Thy own importance know, Nor bound thy narrow views to things below. Pope. 2. Subject; matter. Upon importance of so slight and trivial a nature. Shak.
• ANOTHER-GAINES
  Of another kind. Sir P. Sidney.
• CANDLESTICK
  An instrument or utensil for supporting a candle.
• CANDLE COAL
  See COAL
• CANDLEFISH
  A marine fish , allied to the smelt, found on the north Pacific coast; -- called also eulachon. It is so oily that, when dried, it may be used as a candle, by drawing a wick through it. The beshow.
• FOOT CANDLE
  The amount of illumination produced by a standard candle at a distance of one foot.