candlestick
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: compound
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Etymology: From Middle English candelstik, candelstikke, from Old English candelsticca (“candlestick”), equivalent to candle + stick. Cognate with Scots candilsteke, candilstik (“candlestick”). Compare Old Norse kertastika, kertistika (“candlestick”).
Compound parts: candle
stick
Inflected forms:
form: candlesticks
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: canstick
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: candlesticks
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: candlesticking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: candlesticked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: candlesticked
pos: verb
tags: past
form: canstick
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A holder with a socket or spike for a candle.
pos: noun
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[.]
gloss: A gymnastics move in which the legs are pointed vertically upward.
pos: noun
gloss: A color-coded bar showing the open and closing prices of a stock on a candlestick chart.
pos: noun
gloss: The central ignition tube connecting the fuse and charge of a WWI shrapnel shell, shaped like a candle stick.
pos: noun
tags: UK
historical
slang
examples: 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.
gloss: To catch on fire, so that the chute resembles a tapered candle with a flame on top.
pos: verb
examples: Planes fell in flames, planes fell not in flames. Men fell in flames, men fell safely in their parachutes, some candlesticked.
Archie Jack had a second lucky escape in a later attempt when his pilot, nervous of flying over the high mountain ranges, made him jump out at a much greater altitude than was usual. What initially seemed inconsiderate saved Jack's life as his parachute 'candlesticked', ...
Others with chutes aflame candlesticked into the sea.
gloss: To analyze stock behavior using Japanese candlestick charts.
pos: verb
examples: The other book I would recommend is on a technical evaluation method called “candlesticking.”
“You wouldn't happen to be the B. J. Devine who wrote the Devine candlestick formula?” I blurted, not thinking it could be true. Candlesticking is one of the trickier methods of charting stock.
gloss: To adorn with candlesticks.
pos: verb
examples: The Drama's altar isn't on the stage; it is candlesticked and flowered in the box-office.
3 When I get my room arranged, it will be carpeted, cushioned, curtained (one set crimson dama[s]k, one white), mirrored, silver candlesticked, etc., etc., etc.
gloss: To form a tall, thin, tapering shape similar to a candle.
pos: verb
examples: If cut on the individual stems at three-leaf clusters, the cane will "candlestick."
Initially, the end of the shaft is ragged, but then begins to taper smoothly, exhibiting the "candlesticking" or "pencilling" referred to in the literature (Fig. 13).
Caught there on a candlesticked overhang of ice, Quaid turned to peer down at his buddy.
Derived words: candlestick fungus
candlesticklike
candlestick pattern
candlestick telephone
candlestick phone
flat candlestick
miner's candlestick
miners safety candlestick
rub one's face with a brass candlestick
the darkest place is under the candlestick
Tommy Stick
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