fetch candle

English

Etymology

See fetch (“wraith, apparition”).

Noun

fetch candle (plural fetch candles)

1. (archaic) A mysterious light, which, when seen at night, was believed to foretell a person's death.

   Synonym: corpse candle

References

• “fetch”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.