Candlestick

Definitions

1. A holder with a socket or spike for a candle.
2. A gymnastics move in which the legs are pointed vertically upward.
3. A color-coded bar showing the open and closing prices of a stock on a candlestick chart.
4. The central ignition tube connecting the fuse and charge of a WWI shrapnel shell, shaped like a candle stick.
   British, historical, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“Neither doe men light⟳ a candle, and put⟳ it vnder a bushell: but on a candlesticke, and it giueth light⟳ vnto all that are in the house.”

“Sorcerers and other practitioners of witchcraft used to make⟳ a variety of candlestick called the Hand of Glory, chiefly from the flesh of criminals[.]”

“Inside the shrapnel shell was an iron⟳ bar with a flattened, broad nose. When the shell burst⟳ in the air this iron⟳ object fell to the ground and, since it came often from a great height, its fall⟳ was dangerous. The men called these candlesticks, which they much resembled.”

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