RUSHLIGHT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rushlight mean? 

• RUSHLIGHT (noun)
  The noun RUSHLIGHT has 1 sense:

1. a tallow candle with a rush stem as the wick

  Familiarity information: RUSHLIGHT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RUSHLIGHT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A tallow candle with a rush stem as the wick

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

rush candle; rushlight

Hypernyms ("rushlight" is a kind of...):

candle; taper; wax light (stick of wax with a wick in the middle)

 Context examples 

When I again unclosed my eyes, a loud bell was ringing; the girls were up and dressing; day had not yet begun to dawn, and a rushlight or two burned in the room.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

And on each side of her were two rows of burning lights, of all sizes, the greatest as large as the highest and biggest tower in the world, and the least no larger than a small rushlight.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

The next day commenced as before, getting up and dressing by rushlight; but this morning we were obliged to dispense with the ceremony of washing; the water in the pitchers was frozen.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)