Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An obsolete form of candle.

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Examples

  • On the morning of January 9, Sewall and Wyman rose before dawn, had “brakfast by candel light,” rode seven miles through new snow to a “Mr. Prats,” where they arranged to have their horses boarded for the duration of the convention, and then made their way into Boston.

    Ratification Pauline Maier 2010

  • On the morning of January 9, Sewall and Wyman rose before dawn, had “brakfast by candel light,” rode seven miles through new snow to a “Mr. Prats,” where they arranged to have their horses boarded for the duration of the convention, and then made their way into Boston.

    Ratification Pauline Maier 2010

  • On the morning of January 9, Sewall and Wyman rose before dawn, had “brakfast by candel light,” rode seven miles through new snow to a “Mr. Prats,” where they arranged to have their horses boarded for the duration of the convention, and then made their way into Boston.

    Ratification Pauline Maier 2010

  • Iz a berri liddlol punkin ai had in teh gardin last yeer – nawt big enuf to eet si ai mayd a halloleen candel wif it!

    I loves dis new buts warmer dey - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009

  • Sha try to sit onna post an luks like she be oozin down teh sydez lyke a meltin candel!

    I approve of this post - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

  • Kitteh found itself too close to the candel – FAIL.

    Experience cat gives advice: - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

  • August 10, 2008 at 9:48 am teh candel fud is a lye !

    teleport machine need work - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

  • This southern part of Taiwan also supports coastal mangrove forest communities in which the dominant tree species are Rhizophora mucronata, Kandelia candel, and Bruguiera conjugata.

    South Taiwan monsoon rain forests 2007

  • Well he is drivin somewhere over the top in France, not a hearse but a truck, and oh boy, he sez the swellest funeral he ever drove fer cant hold a candel to drivin a truck with Fritz bulets bingin all round you and he sez, I received the kit you sent me and

    Deer Godchild Marguerite Bernard

  • Līxte se lēoma, lēoht inne stōd, efne swā of hefene hādre scīneð rodores candel.

    Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

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