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Rushlight

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A type of inexpensive candle formed by soaking the dried pith of the rush plant in fat or grease, which emits light for a relatively short period of time. historical

    "The rushlight was her friend, and aided her to pass the long, long hours before midnight, for it was enclosed within its accustomed tin cage; […]"

  2. 2
    a tallow candle with a rush stem as the wick wordnet

Etymology

From rush + light.

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