candle

candle
candle or candela or new candle or international candle [kan′dəl]
n.
[ME & OE candel < L candela, a light, torch < candere: see CANDESCENT]
1. a cylindrical mass of tallow or wax with a wick through its center, which gives light when burned
2. anything like a candle in form or use
3.
a) former name for CANDELA
b) until 1940, a standard unit of luminous intensity equal to a certain fraction of the candle power of a group of 45 carbon-filament lamps kept at the National Bureau of Standards; international candle
vt.
candled, candling
to examine (eggs) for freshness, fertilization, etc. by placing in front of a light, originally that of a candle
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burn the candle at both ends
to work or, esp., play too much so that one's energy is dissipated
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not hold a candle to
to be not nearly so good as
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a game not worth the candle or not worth the candle
1. (a game) with stakes not sufficient to pay for the lights
2. (a thing) not worth doing
candler
n.

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