Meaning of quarion | Babel Free

Definitions

A square lump of wax (with a wick in the center), to be burned like a candle.

obsolete, rare

Examples

“"The Percy household allowance of Wax was cciiij score vij lb. dimid. (287.5 pounds of wax) of Wax for th' expensys of my House for oone hole Tere (one whole year). Viz. Sysez, Fryhetts, Quarions, and Torches [types or forms of candles] after ix d. the lb. by estimacion [estimated cost was nine pence per pound].”

“He marshaled them into the drawing-room, where by dim firelight they could just discern the Professor […] the man hastily stirred up the fire, lighted the gas […] “She’s coming to see the quarion!” […] There was a small conservatory or glazed niche on one side of the room, into which the boy dragged Lenore, and Julius followed, dimly sensible of what the quarion might be […]”

“Light was highly esteemed by the earl if we can judge from the illuminating power lying hid in the four thousand eighty-seven and one-half pounds of wax, requiring fifty-one pounds of wick for its manufacture into sizes, prickets, quarions, and torches, and the ninety-one dozen and two pounds of Paris candles which were to be made from tallow provided by the house. The torches had rosin also in their composition, twenty-nine pounds of which was ordered. [Footnote] A "quarion" was a square lump of wax with a wick in the middle, later known at a "mortice."”

“The candles to be used were purest wax. Not a rushlight, nor a stinking torch nor quarion would be lighted.”

“Jory [...] purchased carpets, wardrobes, high-backed padded settles, quarion stands that held square candles, and dozens of cushions.”

“He lit the square quarion candle and saw that the door to the adjoining chamber was closed. […] The fire had burned low, so he built it up and set a fireguard before it.”

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