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candleshine

noun

Etymology

From candle + shine.

  1. inherited from *skainijaną✻
  2. inherited from scǣnan — “to render brilliant, make shine”
  3. inherited from schenen
  4. derived from scīn — “brightness, shine”
  5. derived from schinen
  6. compounded as candleshine — “candle + shine”

Definitions

  1. The light thrown from a lit candle

    • LOVELOCKS I watched the Lady Caroline Bind up her dark and beauteous hair; Her face was rosy in the glass, And 'twixt the coils her hands would pass, White in the candleshine.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA