rushlight

• Nicholas set working away by the flame of a farthing rushlight, and at dawn he was up again poring over his book Old Vellum was so pleased with the progress made by his pupil, that he continued to give him all the assistance in his power, not only teaching him to read but to write. —  The Two Supercargoes Adventures in Savage Africa
• That paper there, sir, I keeps seeing it at night by the rushlight, and they gets to look just like chains Then Mr Harford understood that he meant the laburnums on the paper-- golden chains, as they are often called I was working with George," he said, "before them Carbonels came, and when there was a piece of the parlour paper left over, I took it for a parkisit. —  The Carbonels
• Then raising him to his feet he shoved him over the rack in the hedge, and led him past Mrs. Mugford's windows, where a rushlight was burning, into the road and so to the stables at Bracefort. —  The Drummer's Coat
• A rushlight was burning on a table. —  Romance
• It is the natural descendant of the rushlight, the grease-lamp, and various primitive devices. —  Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization

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