candle
1. can.dle \'kan-d*l\ n [ME candel, fr. OE, fr. L candela, fr. cande-re] 1:
a long slender cylindrical mass of tallow or wax containing a loosely tw
isted linen or cotton wick that is burned to give light 2: something
resembling a candle in shape or use {a sulfur ~ for fu migating} 3a: an
international unit of luminous intensity equal to the luminous inten sity
of five square millimeters of platinum at its solidification temperature -
called also international candle 3b: a similar unit equal to one sixtieth
of the luminous intensity of one s quare centimeter of a blackbody surface
at the solidification temperature of platinum - called also candela, new
candle
2. candle \'kan-(d)lin, -d*l-in\ \'kan-(d)l*r, -d*l-*r\ vt or can.dling :
to examine by holding between the eye and a light - can.dler n