candle
/ˈkæn.dəl/ verb C2- To observe the growth of an embryo inside (an egg), using a bright light source.
- To dry (greenware) prior to the firing cycle, setting the kiln at 200° Celsius until all water is removed from the greenware.
- To check (an item, such as an envelope) by holding it between a light source and the eye.
He/she/it candles · Past candled · Past participle candled · -ing form candling
Verb forms
- Base form
- candle
- He/she/it
- candles
- Past
- candled
- Past participle
- candled
- -ing form
- candling
From the library
By the cold candle, bathe and dress.
And all round the candle the crooked shadows come
First, however, she waited for a few minutes to see if she was going to shrink any further: she felt a little nervous about this; “for it might end, you know,” said Alice to herself, “in my going out altogether, like a candle.
I wonder what I should be like then?” And she tried to fancy what the flame of a candle is like after the candle is blown out, for she could not remember ever having seen such a thing.
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