candles

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As soon as the candles were all lighted, the children heard somebody coming up these stairs.

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  1. noun A solid, usually cylindrical mass of tallow, wax, or other fatty substance with an axially embedded wick that is burned to provide light.
  2. noun Something resembling this object in shape or use.
  3. noun Physics An obsolete unit of luminous intensity, originally defined in terms of a wax candle with standard composition and equal to 1.02 candelas. Also called international candle.
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  • Some spy story, I think it is And you were still awake when I came upstairs and spoke to Miss Harme I was still awake Yes, your candles were alight. —  Died in the Wool - Ngaio Marsh - Alleyn 13: 1944
  • Good Lord Whatever was Lady Morgan Bedwyn doing on his doorstep at this time of the day It was well into the evening and almost dark—the candles were already burning. —  SLIGHTLY TEMPTED
  • We had got their paper laterns ready, the candles were there, ready to be lit. —  Mumsgather
  • As soon as the candles were all lighted, the children heard somebody coming up these stairs. —  Rollo in Naples
  • The shades just came in time; and the candles are all lit now Then she turned to Captain King again. —  The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols
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