candid 
But had thy love, still odiously pretended, 
Been, as it ought, sincere, it would have taught thee 
Far other reasonings. Miltun, S. A., 1. 874. 
candidacy (kau'di-da-si), n. [< candidate) + 
-ci/.] The state of "being a candidate, espe- 
cially for an elective offiee ; candidature. 
candidate (kaii'di-dat), n. [= F. candidat, < 
L. caiididatiis, a candidate, lit. 'white-robed' 
(so called because in Borne those who sought 
offiee wore a glittering white toga), < ttMU&MM, 
white, shining: see candid, which has thus an 
etymological connection with candidate.'] A 
person who seeks or is put forward by others 
for an office or honor; one who offers himself 
or is proposed for office or preferment, by elec- 
tion or appointment : as, a candidate for the of- 
fice of sheriff, or for a degree. 
He had anticipated having all the mixed and miserable 
feelings of one about making his appearance in the pulpit 
as a candidate on exhibition. 
W. M. Baker, New Timothy, p. 155. 
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spermaceti, or other fatty material, formed on a 
wick composed of linen or cotton threads woven 
or twisted loosely, or (as formerly) of the pith of 
a rush, and used as a source of artificial light. 
Miche of my can'lfl in wnaste y spende, 
Manye wickid windis hath wastid it away. 
Hymns to Virgin, etc. (E. E. T. S.), p. 69. 
Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, 
but on a candlestick. M ftt - v - 15 - 
2. One candle-power: used as a standard of 
comparison. See candle-power. 3. In soda- 
manuf., a name given to the jets of sulphureted 
hydrogen and carbonic oxid which escape from 
various parts of the roasted mixture of sodium 
sulphate, coal, and limestone, during the pro- 
cess of manufacture Bell, book, and candle. See 
belli. Candles' ends. See candle-end. 
Faith ! 'tis true, Sir, 
We are but spans and candles' ends. 
Fletcher, Humorous Lieutenant, iii. 5. 
Candlemas-bell 
Petruchio is coming in a new hat and an old jerkin, a 
pair of old breeches, thrice turned ; a pair of boots that 
have been caiulle-cayes, one buckled, another laced. 
Shak.,1. of the S., iii. 2. 
candle-coal, . See cannel-coal. 
candle-end (kan'dl-end), 11. The fag-end of a 
candle burned down; hence, a petty saving; a 
scrap; a fragment; a worthless trifle: chiefly 
in the plural. [Archaic.] 
candle-fir (kan'dl-fer), n. Fir that has been 
buried in a moss- or peat-bog for a long time. 
It is split and used in some places, especially in the rural 
parts of Ireland, to burn for light. 
candle-fish (kan'dl-fish), n. 1. The eulachon, 
Tlialciclithi/ajiacificiiK, an anadromous, deep-sea, 
Electric candle, a form of the electric-arc lamp, as the 
Candidate (kan'di-dat), V. ; pret. and pp. can- Jablochkoff candle, which resembles an ordinary candle 
didated, ppr. candidating. [< candidate, .] *?HL to Sni. l **'i^*Sl ffiSraSnSSSSTta 
I.t trans. To render qualified as a candidate. whlch the ot ? eluler wa allowed time to repent only while 
Without quarrelling with Rome, we can allow this pur- 
gatory, to purify and cleanse us, that we may be the better 
candidated for the court of heaven and glory. 
Feltham, Resolves, ii. 57. 
WHICH tile olienuer was luioweu nine tu reyBUH uuij iruMo 
a candle burned out. Flat candle, the candle burned 
in a flat candlestick (which see, under candlestick). 
II. intrans. To become a candidate; seek 
or aspire to some office ; offer one's self or one's 
services as a candidate, as a clergyman seeking 
a parish or a charge ; compete with others as a 
candidate. 
Let him put the question to some [choir-singers] who 
every spring have to candidate for a situation. 
The Century, XXVIII. 308. 
candidateship (kan'di-dat-ship), u. [< candi- 
date + -ship.] Candidature. 
candidature (kan'di-da-tur), n. [< F. candi- 
dature, < candidat, candidate.] The state of 
being a candidate ; candidateship ; candidacy. 
candidatus (kan-di-da'tus), n. [L. : see can- 
didate, .] A candidate for a public office at 
Borne. Shak. 
candidly (kan'did-li), adv. In a candid man- 
ner ; openly ; frankly ; without trick or disguise ; 
ingenuously. 
Not so fairly and candidly as he oueht. 
Cande,~Elizabeth, an. 1598. 
No doubt an overestimate of ourselves and of our own 
doings is a very common human failing, as we are all 
ready to admit when we candidly consider our neighbors. 
Lowell, Stanley. 
candidness (kaii'did-nes), . The quality of 
being candid; openness of mind or manner; 
frank honesty or truthfulness; fairness; in- 
genuousness. 
The candidness of an upright judge. 
Feltham, Resolves, ii. 26. 
candied (kan'did), p. a. [Pp. of candy 1 , i\~] 
1. Preserved with sugar, or incrusted with it; 
covered with crystals of sugar, or with matter 
resembling it: as, candied raisins. 2. Wholly 
or partly crystallized or congealed: as, candied 
honey. 3. Figuratively, honeyed ; flattering; 
glozing. 
Why should the poor be flatter'd? 
No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp, 
And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee 
Where thrift may follow fawning. 
Shale., Hamlet, iii. 2. 
candify (kan'di-fl), v. t. or i. ; pret. and pp. can- 
dified, ppr. candifying. [< candy 1 + -fy.~\ To 
make or become candied ; candy. [Bare.] 
Candiot, Candiote (kan'di-ot, -6t), a. and n. 
[< It. Candia, Crete (< Ar. Khandeh : see def.), 
+ -oi 2 , -ofc.] I. a. Of or pertaining to Candia, 
the name given by the Venetians to the island 
of Crete and its chief city, from the Arabic 
name of the latter; Cretan. [Now little used.] 
II. n. An inhabitant of Candia or Crete ; a 
modern Cretan. 
candite (kan'dit), n. [< Candy (see def.) + 
-ite 2 .] A variety of spinel from Candy, Cey- 
lon. Also called ceylonite or ceylanite. 
canditeer (kan-di-ter'), n. [Origin uncertain.] 
In fort., a frame used to lay brushwood or fagots 
upon, to protect or cover a working party. 
candle (kau'dl), n. [< ME. candel, candele, < 
AS. candel = F. chandelle = Pr. Sp. candela = 
Pg. candca = It. candela = Wall, candel = Olr. 
cainel, cainnel, Ir. coinneal = Gael, coinnell = 
W. eanwytt = OBulg. kanudilo, Bulg. latndilo = 
Serv. Icandilo = Buss, kandilo, fc<JeK=NGr. 
Kavdfaa = Ar. qand.il (> Turk, qandil, Sp. can- 
(lil, a lamp), < L. candela, a candle, < caiidcre, 
be white, bright, shining : see candid. Hence 
(through F.) chandler, chandelier, chandry, etc.] 
1. A taper; a cylindrical body of tallow, wax, 
The idea of a girl with a really fine head of hair, having 
to do it by one Jlat candle and a few inches of looking- 
Dickens, Our Mutual Friend, iv. 
Mineral candle, a kind of candle made from a semi-fluid 
naphtha obtained from wells sunk in the neighborhood of 
the Irrawaddy river in Burma. Not fit to hold a (or 
the) candle to (one), very inferior. The allusion is to 
link-boys who held torches or candles to light passengers. 
Some say, compared to Buononcini 
That Mynheer Handel's but a ninny ; 
Others aver that he to Handel 
Is scarcely fit to hold a candle. 
Birrom, Feuds between Handel and Buononcini. 
Rush candle, a candle made of the pith of certain rushes, 
peeled except on one side, and dipped in tallow. Sale by 
Candle. See auction by inch of candle, under auction. 
The game Is not worth the candle (le jeu ne vant j>as 
la chandelle), the object is not worth the pains requisite 
for its attainment : a phrase of French origin. To burn 
the candle at both ends, to be reckless and extravagant ; 
live too fast, especially by the exhaustion of vitality by 
overwork, the combination of hard work with dissipation 
or fatiguing pleasures, or the like. 
You can't burn the candle at both ends, and make any- 
thing by it in the long run ; and it is the long pull that 
you are to rely on. S. Bowles, in Merriam's Bowles, I. 299. 
by amorous gallants to afford a strong testimony of zeal 
for the lady whose health was drunk. 
Drinks off candles' ends for flapdragons. 
Shak., 2 Hen. IV., ii. 4. 
Carouse her health in cans 
And candles' ends. 
Fletcher, Monsieur Thomas, ii. 2. 
Yellow candle, a Russian tallow prepared from the fat 
of oxen. 
candle-balance 
Candle-fish ( Thaleichthys pact/tens]. 
salmonoid fish of the smelt family, Argentinida;, 
resembling a smelt in form, but with weaker 
dentition, smaller scales, dusky coloration, and 
attaining a length of nearly a foot. It occurs in 
immense shoals off the northwest coast of America in the 
spring, and ascends all the rivers north of the Columbia 
to spawn. At the time of the runs the fish is extremely 
fat, and is not only used for food, as a favorite pan-flsh, 
but for the manufacture of eulachon-oil, proposed as a 
substitute for cod-liver oil in medicine; and it is also made 
to serve as a natural candle by inserting in it the pith of 
a rush or a strip of bark as a wick (whence the name). 
2. An acanthopterygian fish of the west coast 
of North America, Anoplnpoma fimbria, type of 
the family Anoplopomida;, resembling a pollock, 
Candle-fish (Anoplopomajimbria}, 
and attaining a length of 20 inches and a weight 
of 5 pounds. See Anoplojiomidte. Also called 
black candle-fish, horse-mackerel, and beshow. 
' r . A firefly. Florin. 
as F. candelaria. See cut under lantern-fly. 
candle-holder (kan'dl-hol"der), . A person 
who holds a candle ; hence, one who remotely 
assists, but is otherwise not a sharer, in some 
affair or undertaking. 
I'll be a candle-holder and look on. 
Shak., R. and J., L 4. 
candle-light (kan'dl-llt). . [< ME. candel-liht, 
the rate of consumption of a burning candle. 
It consists of a balanced lever or scale, on the shorter arm 
of which the candle is supported, while a weight is hung 
on the longer arm or scale-beam in such a way as to bal- 
ance it exactly. The candle is then lighted, and the weight 
is shifted to a known weight, say one ounce. When the 
candle has lost one ounce in weight, the scale again bal- 
ances, and this closes an electric circuit and gives a 
signal. 
candle-bark (kan'dl-bark), n. A candle-case. 
[Prov. Eng.] 
candle-beam (kan'dl-bem), n . In old churches, 
a horizontal bar, rail, or beam furnished with 
prickets for holding candles, around each of 
which was a saucer to catch the drippings. 
Caudle-beams were placed over or near the altar, and also 
at the entrance to the choir or chancel, where the rood- 
beam or rood-screen was placed in richer churches. 
candle-bearer (kau'dl-bar^er), n. A candle- 
beam. 
There shall be a candle-bearer, enriched with a carving 
of the Holy Trinity ; on the top of which three candles 
shall be burnt, on Sundays and Feast-days, so long as the 
means of the Gild allow it. 
English Gilds (E. E. T. S.), p. 263. 
candleberry (kan'dl-ber"i), . ; pi. candleberrifs 
(-iz). 1. The fruit of Aleurites triloba, the 
candleberry-tree : so named because the ker- 
nels, when dried and stuck on a reed, are used 
by the Polynesians as candles. Also called 
candlenut. 2. The wax-myrtle, Myrica ceri- 
fera, and its fruit. See Myrica. 
candleberry-tree (kan'dl-ber"i-tre), n. The 
Aleurites triloba. See Aleurites. 
candle-bomb (kan'dl-bom), n. A small glass 
bubble filled with water, which when placed in 
the wick of a candle explodes from the force 
of the steam that is generated. 
candle-case (kan'dl-kas), n. A cylindrical box 
used for holding candles. 
f & 
That children hath bi candtlliht 
Heore [their] shadowe on the wall isen [seen], 
Early Eng. Poemt (ed. Kuruivall, 1862), p. 138. 
In darkness candle-light may serve to guide men's steps, 
which to use in the day were madness. 
Hooker, Eccles. Pol., II. iv. 7. 
2. The time at which candles or lamps are light- 
ed: an expression much used in places or re- 
gions where no correct standard of time is easi- 
ly accessible : as, the evening service will begin 
at early candle-light. 
Between daylight and candle-light. Siri/t. 
Candlemas (kan'dl-mas), n. [< ME. candel- 
masse, -messe (cf. Dan. " kyndelmisse = Sw. kyn- 
were candelaria, candelatin, candelosa, alsocnn- 
dela.~\ An ecclesiastical festival held on the 
second day of February in honor of the pre- 
sentation of the infant Christ in the temple and 
the purification of the Virgin Mary, it seems to 
have been instituted in the first half of the fifth century, 
though some authorities believe it to be older. It was 
first observed iu the East. The feast takes its name from 
the custom, as old as the seventh century, of carrying 
lighted candles in procession in memory of Simeon's words 
at the presentation of the infant (Luke ii. 32), " a light to 
lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel." 
On this day Roman Catholics consecrate the caudles and 
tapers to be used in their churches throughout the ensuing 
year. The feast is retained in the Anglican Church, and 
is also observed by the Lutherans. It is also called the 
Puriflcatiim, and in the Greek Church the Hy]>m>ante. 
In Scotland the date of this festival, February 2d, Is one 
of the quarter-days for paying and receiving rents, inter- 
est, school fees, etc. 
Candlemas-bell (kan'dl-mas-bel), H. The 
snowdrop, Caliuitlnis nivalis: so called from 
the time of its flowering. 
