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Definition of Candlewicks
1. candlewick [n] - See also: candlewick
Lexicographical Neighbors of Candlewicks
Literary usage of Candlewicks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Personal Memoirs and Recollections of Editorial Life by Joseph Tinker Buckingham (1852)
"However, on retiring to rest that night, I determined in the morning to eat two
candlewicks, and carry the rat to school and cook it in the intermission. ..."
2. The Mechanics' Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette (1850)
"The first improvement in " candlewicks " consists in giving to the wick a set
which símil ensure its turning out of the flame of a candle while burning. ..."
3. Iron edited by Sholto Percy, Perry Fairfax Nursey (1852)
"In addition to the matters with which candlewicks are usually saturated to assist
... The modes of treating or preparing plaited candlewicks, and also the ..."
4. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1841)
"For a long time it had been introduced in small quantities, that were used as
candlewicks ; but, during the commencement of the sixteenth century, ..."
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