Candleshine

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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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