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Candle snuffer
A candle snuffer, candle extinguisher, or douter is an instrument used to extinguish burning candles, consisting of a small cone at the end of a handle Historical usage Before the mid 19th century, the term snuffer referred to a scissors-like device with two flat blades and an attached snuffer box. wikipedia.org
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candle-snuffer
ˈcandle-ˌsnuffer 1. An instrument for snuffing candles.1552 Huloet, Candle snuffer, or instrumente to snuffe candelles. 1766 Smollett Trav. xxiii. I. 353 (Jod.) Hardware..such as knives, scissars, and candle-snuffers. † 2. An attendant whose duty it is to snuff and attend to candles; spec. in Theatr... Oxford English Dictionary
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Doubter
Doubter may mean: One who experiences doubt A skeptic An old type of candle snuffer wikipedia.org
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snuffer
▪ I. snuffer1 (ˈsnʌfə(r)) Also 5–6 snoffer. [f. snuff v.1] 1. a. An instrument used for snuffing, or snuffing out, candles, etc. In later use only in plur. form (also a pair of snuffers).α 1465 Mann. & Househ. Exp. (Roxb.) 492 Item, the same day my master bowt a snoffer to snoffe wyth candeles. 1517... Oxford English Dictionary
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Wax jack
Despite the resemblance to a candle, they were not used for illumination. Others included a snuffer. References External links Household hardware Seals (insignia) wikipedia.org
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Upchurch
The church is also notable for its very unusual 'candle-snuffer' steeple where an octagonal pyramid appears to have been stacked on top of a square one wikipedia.org
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Candle
A candle snuffer is usually a small metal cup on the end of a long handle. Placing the snuffer over the flame cuts off the oxygen supply. The instrument now known as a candle snuffer was formerly called an "extinguisher" or "douter". wikipedia.org
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Outdoor candle
An outdoor candle, which is also known a pitch torch or a garden candle (, , ) is a large (usually 10 cm wide) tealight-like candle that is lit outside Due to this heat, and the fact that they are designed to be weatherproof, they have to be properly snuffed out with a snuffer. wikipedia.org
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John Beswicke
Some of his houses feature distinctive corner turrets with 'candle snuffer' roofs, his own house Rotha sports the first example, with square ones on the wikipedia.org
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Altar candle
The Epistle candle is lighted first; the Gospel candle last; they are extinguished in reverse order. Use a lighter and snuffer. wikipedia.org
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Theodore F. Payne House
conveniences including heating, hot and cold running water, and indoor toilets, and had a porte cochère (now removed), many bay windows, and an open octagonal candle-snuffer wikipedia.org
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Walesby, Lincolnshire
St Mary's was also damaged in the 1930s when a hurricane dislodged its 'candle snuffer' spire resulting in its eventual removal. wikipedia.org
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York Palace Hotel
Subsequent proprietors In the 1960s, the hotel was owned by the Swan Brewery and its verandah was replaced by a cantilever canopy and the candle-snuffer In 1997, the hotel was purchased by John Hay, who carried out extensive restoration (including restoring the verandah and candle-snuffer roof) and added wikipedia.org
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Old Stone Congregational Church
The tower rises to a stone course at the height of the gable, above which is a louvred chamber with a "candle-snuffer" roof. wikipedia.org
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Dutch sloop Havik (1784)
Much of the material recovered was metal, including musket and cannon shot, a candle snuffer, and large quantities of copper plates and nails used in the wikipedia.org
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