ˈdeath-light
1. = dead-light 3, death-fire 1.
| 1823 J. Baillie Collect. Poems 105 A death-light that hovers o'er Liberty's grave. |
2. A light burning in a death-chamber.
| 1871 Carlyle in Mrs. Carlyle's Lett. I. 146 The two candles..reserved..to be her own death-lights. |