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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