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Candlestick

//ˈkændəlˌstɪk// noun, verb, slang

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Noun

1
A holder with a socket or spike for a candle.
"Neither doe men light a candle, and put it vnder a bushell: but on a candlesticke, and it giueth light vnto all that are in the house."
2
a holder with sockets for candles wordnet
3
A gymnastics move in which the legs are pointed vertically upward.
4
A color-coded bar showing the open and closing prices of a stock on a candlestick chart.
5
The central ignition tube connecting the fuse and charge of a WWI shrapnel shell, shaped like a candle stick. British, historical, slang
"Inside the shrapnel shell was an iron bar with a flattened, broad nose. When the shell burst in the air this iron object fell to the ground and, since it came often from a great height, its fall was dangerous. The men called these candlesticks, which they much resembled."

Verb

1
To catch on fire, so that the chute resembles a tapered candle with a flame on top.
"Planes fell in flames, planes fell not in flames. Men fell in flames, men fell safely in their parachutes, some candlesticked."
2
To analyze stock behavior using Japanese candlestick charts.
"The other book I would recommend is on a technical evaluation method called “candlesticking.”"
3
To adorn with candlesticks.
"The Drama's altar isn't on the stage; it is candlesticked and flowered in the box-office."
4
To form a tall, thin, tapering shape similar to a candle.
"If cut on the individual stems at three-leaf clusters, the cane will "candlestick.""

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English candelstik, candelstikke, from Old English candelsticca (“candlestick”), equivalent to candle + stick. Cognate with Scots candilsteke, candilstik (“candlestick”). Compare Old Norse kertastika, kertistika (“candlestick”).

Etymology 2

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