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| Argand burner |
an oil or gas burner having a metal tube inside a cylindrical wick, through which air is conducted directly to the flame. |
| candle |
a cylindrical stick of wax or waxlike substance enclosing a wick and burned to give light. [1/4 definitions] |
| gas mantle |
an incombustible meshwork hood for a gas jet or kerosene wick that gives off a brilliant incandescent light when a flame is lit within it. |
| gutter |
of a candle, to drain off the melted wax from the hollow formed around the burning wick through a channel formed at the edge of the hollow. [2/10 definitions] |
| mantle |
a nonflammable network of threads over a gas jet or kerosene wick that gives off a bright light when hot. [1/9 definitions] |
| Molotov cocktail |
a homemade explosive device consisting of a bottle containing a flammable liquid and a rag wick that is ignited, the bottle then being hurled like a grenade. |
| rushlight |
a candle whose wick is a dried, partly peeled rush dipped in grease. |
| snuffer2 |
a scissorlike instrument for removing the charred wick from a candle. [1/3 definitions] |
| taper |
a long coated wick used to light candles or oil lamps. [1/7 definitions] |
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