…a cylinder or block of wax or tallow with a central wick which is lit to produce light as it burns…
…a hollow tube of wax-coated paper or other material, made for use in ear candling…
…a unit of illumination (now little used) equal to that given by a source of one candela at a distance of one foot (equivalent to one lumen per square foot or 10.764 lux)…
…a lambent flame seen just above the ground in a churchyard or over a grave, superstitiously regarded as an omen of death…
…a firework giving off a series of flaming coloured balls and sparks…
…a large candle blessed and lit on Holy Saturday and placed by the altar until Pentecost…
…a candle containing sulphur, burnt to produce sulphur dioxide for fumigation…
…the potential advantages to be gained from doing something do not justify the cost or trouble involved…
…a unit of luminous intensity, superseded by the candela…
