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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A small, dim light left on all night.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An artificial light intended to be kept burning all night.
  • noun Specifically— A short thick candle with a wick small in proportion and arranged so as to give a small flame for many hours.
  • noun A short wick attached to a float which rests on the surface of oil in a vessel.
  • noun A phosphorescent marine infusorian, Noctiluca miliaris.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun light (as a candle or small bulb) that burns in a bedroom at night (as for children or invalids)

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