candlestick

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A holder with a socket or spike for a candle.

   • Neither doe men light a candle, and put it vnder a bushell: but on a candlesticke, and it giueth light vnto all that are in the house.
   • Sorcerers and other practitioners of witchcraft used to make a variety of candlestick called the Hand of Glory, chiefly from the flesh of criminals[.]
2. 2

   A gymnastics move in which the legs are pointed vertically upward.

3. 3

   A color-coded bar showing the open and closing prices of a stock on a candlestick chart.

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   1. 4

      The central ignition tube connecting the fuse and charge of a WWI shrapnel shell, shaped…

      The central ignition tube connecting the fuse and charge of a WWI shrapnel shell, shaped like a candle stick.

   2. 5

      To catch on fire, so that the chute resembles a tapered candle with a flame on top.

      • Planes fell in flames, planes fell not in flames. Men fell in flames, men fell safely in their parachutes, some candlesticked.
      • Others with chutes aflame candlesticked into the sea.
   3. 6

      To analyze stock behavior using Japanese candlestick charts.

      • The other book I would recommend is on a technical evaluation method called “candlesticking.”
      • “You wouldn't happen to be the B. J. Devine who wrote the Devine candlestick formula?” I blurted, not thinking it could be true. Candlesticking is one of the trickier methods of charting stock.
   4. 7

      To adorn with candlesticks.

      • The Drama's altar isn't on the stage; it is candlesticked and flowered in the box-office.
      • 3 When I get my room arranged, it will be carpeted, cushioned, curtained (one set crimson dama[s]k, one white), mirrored, silver candlesticked, etc., etc., etc.
   5. 8

      To form a tall, thin, tapering shape similar to a candle.

      • If cut on the individual stems at three-leaf clusters, the cane will "candlestick."
      • Initially, the end of the shaft is ragged, but then begins to taper smoothly, exhibiting the "candlesticking" or "pencilling" referred to in the literature (Fig. 13).
      • Caught there on a candlesticked overhang of ice, Quaid turned to peer down at his buddy.

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