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o represent or symbolize; to answer to. The field is the world. Matt. xiii. 38. The seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches. Rev. i. 20.

from the sun or other luminous body; as, a beam of light, or of heat. How far that little candle throws his beams ! Shak.

The first day of May (Old Style). The quarter-days anciently in Scotland were Hallowmas, Candlemas, Beltane, and Lammas. New English Dict.

A solemn rite by which bells, banners, candles, etc., are blessed with holy water, and formally dedicated to God.

nne oil, used mostly for making soap. In the southern United States the seeds are used in candy.

A large food fish (Anoplopoma fimbria) of the north Pacific coast; -- called also candlefish.

surfaces when broken across. It melts at 507º Fahr., being easily fused in the flame of a candle. It is found in a native state, and as a constituent of some minerals. Specific gravity 9.8. Atomic weight 207.5. Symbol Bi.

An American woody climber (Celastrus scandens), whose yellow capsules open late in autumn, and disclose the red aril which covers the seeds; -- also called Roxbury waxwork.

The time between daylight and candle light. [Humorous]

its, or sound one's own praises. -- To blow out, to extinguish by a current of air, as a candle. -- To blow up. (a) To fill with air; to swell; as, to blow up a bladder or bubble. (b) To inflate, as with pride, self-conceit, etc.; to puff up; as, to blow one up with flattery. "Blown up with high conceits engendering…

A tube for directing a jet of air into a fire or into the flame of a lamp or candle, so as to concentrate the heat on some object.

, of the color of burning brimstone, betokening the presence of ghosts or devils; as, the candle burns blue; the air was blue with oaths.

Originally, cotton, or cotton wool. [Obs.] A candle with a wick of bombast. Lupton.

f one twentieth of the Violle platinum standard, or slightly less than a British standard candle. Called also decimal candle.

The act of braving; defiance; bravado. [Obs.] Reform, then, without bravery or scandal of former times and persons.

The stick from which candle wicks are suspended for dipping. Knight.

cidentally, the bowl so displaced being said to be burned. -- To burn daylight, to light candles before it is dark; to waste time; to perform superfluous actions. Shak. -- To burn one's fingers, to get one's self into unexpected trouble, as by interfering the concerns of others, speculation, etc. -- To burn out, to…

A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure. Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed, and not to be set on a candlestick Mark iv. 21.

A kind of candy, mainly composed of sugar and butter. [Colloq.] Dickens.

One of the seeds or large beans of a tropical vine (Entada scandens) used for making purses, scent bottles, etc.