Candle-light
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Candle-light is a noun meaning Archaic form of candlelight.
Meaning
Archaic form of candlelight.
Example Sentences
Most of the colours called drabs appear to me the same by day-light and candle-light.
I am now finishing this letter by candle-light, with the help of a handkerchief tied over the shade.
There was an earthy savour in the air, a chilly bareness in the place, which associated itself somehow with too much getting up by candle-light, and not too much to eat.
O! it is divine and moſt admirable, and ſo farre beyond all that ever he publiſhed heretofore, as day-light beyond candle-light, or tinſell or leafe-gold above arſedine; […]
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