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is celebrated the feast of the Purification of the Virgin Mary; -- so called because the candles for the altar or other sacred uses are blessed on that day.

of a euphorbiaceous tree or shrub (Aleurites moluccana), native of some of the Pacific islands. It is used by the natives as a candle. The oil from the nut ( candlenut, or kekune, oil) has many uses.

A form of pin slender and nearly straight like a candle.

An instrument or utensil for supporting a candle.

One who consumes candles by being up late for study or dissipation. A bookworm, a candlewaster. B. Jonson.

A plant or weed that grows in rivers; a species of of Equisetum; also, the yellow frog lily (Nuphar luteum).

integrity Shall e'er be sullied with one taint or spot That may take from your innocence and candor. Massinger.

A machine for spreading out cotton cloths to prepare them for printing.

To conserve or boil in sugar; as, to candy fruits; to candy ginger.

n gardens. The name was originally given to the I. umbellata, first, discovered in the island of Candia.

See Saint Elmo's fire, under Saint.

Chelidonium majus) of the poppy family, with yellow flowers. It is used as a medicine in jandice, etc., and its acrid saffron-colored juice is used to cure warts and the itch; -- called also greater celandine and swallowwort. Lasser celandine, the pilewort (Ranunculus Ficaria).

A candlestick, lamp, stand, gas fixture, or the like, having several branches; esp., one hanging from the ceiling.

A maker or seller of candles. The chandler's basket, on his shoulder borne, With tallow spots thy coat. Gay.

Like a chandler; in a petty way. [Obs.] Milton.

Commodities sold by a chandler.

An extract or preparation of opium, used in China and India for smoking. Balfour.

Chandlery. [Obs.] "Torches from the chandry." B. Jonson.

rawn from public notice, usually for an evil purpose; kept secret; hidden; private; underhand; as, a clandestine marriage. Locke.

Privacy or secrecy. [R.]