ˈtallow ˈcandle, n.
A candle made of tallow.
| 1452 in Berks, Bucks & Oxon Archæol. Jrnl. Oct. (1903) 78 Item for j lb. & a hafe of tallowcandell..j d. ob. 1496–7 Rec. St. Mary at Hill 33 Item, iiij Candylstykes of laton with braunches for Talough candell. 1545 in Shropsh. Parish Documents (1903) 79 For talo candyllys. 1660 Boyle New Exp. Phys. Mech. x. 74 We took a Tallow-Candle of such a size that eight of them make about a pound. 1886 Ruskin Præterita I. vii. 229 My parents..used only tallow candles in plated candlesticks. |
Hence tallow-candle v. trans. (nonce-wd.), to smear or rub with a tallow candle.
| 1894 Blackmore Perlycross 48 The nap of his old velvet⁓coat where a wicked boy had tallow-candled it. |