Candleshine
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The light thrown from a lit candle
"LOVELOCKS I watched the Lady Caroline Bind up her dark and beauteous hair; Her face was rosy in the glass, And 'twixt the coils her hands would pass, White in the candleshine."
Example
More examples"LOVELOCKS I watched the Lady Caroline Bind up her dark and beauteous hair; Her face was rosy in the glass, And 'twixt the coils her hands would pass, White in the candleshine."
Etymology
From candle + shine.
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