candleshine
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Etymology edit
Noun edit
candleshine (plural candleshines)
- The light thrown from a lit candle
- 1920, Walter de la Mare, Collected Poems 1901-1918 in Two Volumes[1]:
- 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.
Translations edit
light thrown from a lit candle
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