taper

• Old King Carnival, in effigy, was placed at the apex of the pyramid, and the interior was filled with comestibles that would set the whole erection in a blaze as soon as a taper was applied. —  Heroes of Modern Europe
• If the taper is a gradual one and the pivot a good close fit, there will be little danger of it loosening while dressing to shape. —  A Treatise on Staff Making and Pivoting Containing Complete Directions for Making and Fitting New Staffs from the Raw Material
• The modern wax-taper is an evolutionary form of this type of light-source Phosphorus has long played a dominant rôle in the preparation of matches. —  Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization
• Mass was performing in several of the splendid chapels, whose rich decorations of paintings and sculpture are but once a year revealed to the light, save from the obscure glimmering of the wax-taper, which is carried by the guide, to occasional visitors. —  Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume I.
• Then he lit a taper, and went downstairs to the professional torture-chamber. —  Birds of Prey

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