Definitions for rush-candle

rush-candle rush candle

Rush-Candle is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 1004 anagrams from letters in rush-candle (-acdehlnrsu).

Definitions for rush-candle

noun

  1. a candle made from a dried, partly peeled rush that has been dipped in grease.

Origin of rush-candle

First recorded in 1585-95

Examples for rush-candle

Their wee green cloaks were folded close about them, and each carried a rush candle.

As he pored over the map, by the light of bog-deal torch or rush candle, what would he see upon it?

The radiance of sunlight might well have been less than the blaze of a rush candle before the staggering brilliancy.

As to the character of the President himself, to praise him was like holding up a rush candle to let us see the sun.

A rush candle was burning within and a matronly looking woman sat before the fire.

Word Value for rush-candle
Scrable

7

Words with friends

7

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