candle

     

A canle is a light source, and sometimes a heat source, consisting of a solid block of fuel and an embedded wick.

Trivia about candle

  • Punch a wick hole in the bottom of an empty milk carton, melt some wax & you're on your way to making this
  • Lady Macbeth is holding one of these when she enters for her "Out, Damned Spot!" speech
  • Indians prized the Eulachon, also called this kind of "fish", because it was so oily it could be burned like one

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