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Aleurites moluccana
Candlenut Can"dle*nut`, n. 1. The fruit of a euphorbiaceous tree or shrub (Aleurites moluccana), native of some of the Pacific islands. It is used by the natives as a candle. The oil from the nut ( candlenut, or kekune, oil) has many uses. 2. The tree itself.
Aleurites triloba
Candle Can"dle, n. [OE. candel, candel, AS, candel, fr. L. candela a (white) light made of wax or tallow, fr. cand["e]re to be white. See Candid, and cf. Chandler, Cannel, Kindle.] 1. A slender, cylindrical body of tallow, containing a wick composed of loosely twisted linen of cotton threads, and used to furnish light. How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. --Shak. Note: Candles are usually made by repeatedly dipping the wicks in the melted tallow, etc. (``dipped candles'), or by casting or running in a mold. 2. That which gives light; a luminary. By these blessed candles of the night. --Shak. Candle nut, the fruit of a euphorbiaceous shrub (Aleurites triloba), a native of some of the Pacific islands; -- socalled because, when dry, it will burn with a bright flame, and is used by the natives as a candle. The oil has many uses. Candle power (Photom.), illuminating power, as of a lamp, or gas flame, reckoned in terms of the light of a standard candle. Electric candle, A modification of the electric arc lamp, in which the carbon rods, instead of being placed end to end, are arranged side by side, and at a distance suitable for the formation of the arc at the tip; -- called also, from the name of the inventor, Jablockoff candle. Excommunication by inch of candle, a form of excommunication in which the offender is allowed time to repent only while a candle burns. Not worth the candle, not worth the cost or trouble. Rush candle, a candle made of the pith of certain rushes, peeled except on one side, and dipped in grease. Sale by inch of candle, an auction in which persons are allowed to bid only till a small piece of candle burns out. Standard candle (Photom.), a special form of candle employed as a standard in photometric measurements; usually, a candle of spermaceti so constructed as to burn at the rate of 120 grains, or 7.8 grams, per hour. To curse by bell, book and candle. See under Bell.

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- with the title Eurite. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Eurite or Euryte (Εὐρύτη...
- described the granulite group, and dealt with pegmatites, variolites, eurites, the ophites of the Pyrenees, the extinct volcanoes of Central France,...
- Family: †Muensteroceratidae Librovitch, 1957 Genera Akeshakeceras Beyrichoceratoides Cluthoceras Eoglyphioceras Eurites Itimaites Muensteroceras Terektytes...
- (Changhsingian)  Iran Eurites kuilukensis Sp. nov Valid Konovalova Carboniferous (late Tournaisian)  Uzbekistan A species of Eurites. Extropharciceras gentile...
- Euphylloceras Eupinacoceras Eupleuroceras Euprionoceras Euptychoceras Eurites Euroceras Eurycephalites Eurynoticeras Eusagenites Eutomoceras Euturrilites...
- Boorn Boorn ****umed leadership of the Cart gunditj, the Kilgar gunditj and Eurite gunditj when their leadership was eliminated. Rev Benjamin Hurst (missionary...
- Nettuno), Mariana Flores (Erginda, Giunone, Castore), Majdouline Zerari (Eurite, La Verita),...Aix-en-Provence Festival, July 2013. DVD - conductor Leonardo...
- 1721) Adraste in Desmarets's Renaud ou La suite d'Armide (Paris, 1722) Eurite in Mouret's Pirithoüs (Paris, 1723) Apollon/Alcibiade/Marc-Antoine in François...