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candleshine

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From candle +‎ shine.

Noun

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candleshine (plural candleshines)

  1. 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.

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