英语词汇“tallow candle”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

tallow candle

释义

ˈtallow ˈcandle, n.
A candle made of tallow.
1452in Berks, Bucks & Oxon Archæol. Jrnl. Oct. (1903) 78 Item for j lb. & a hafe of tallowcandell..j d. ob.1496–7Rec. St. Mary at Hill 33 Item, iiij Candylstykes of laton with braunches for Talough candell.1545in Shropsh. Parish Documents (1903) 79 For talo candyllys.1660Boyle New Exp. Phys. Mech. x. 74 We took a Tallow-Candle of such a size that eight of them make about a pound.1886Ruskin Præterita I. vii. 229 My parents..used only tallow candles in plated candlesticks.
Hence tallow-candle v. trans. (nonce-wd.), to smear or rub with a tallow candle.
1894Blackmore Perlycross 48 The nap of his old velvet⁓coat where a wicked boy had tallow-candled it.

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