Candled

Without waiting for a reply, Mr. McGuffey dropped back into his department and Captain Scraggs, his soul filled with rage and dire forebodings, repaired to the galley, and "candled" four dozen eggs. ❋ Gordon [Illustrator] Grant (1918)

I ran my finger over the star, absently taking in the circular shape of the town, its narrow streets a remnant of an older time, with cobblestones and horse-drawn carriages, candled lanterns and muddy gutters. ❋ Allison Pang (2011)

Beautiful people have their blackheads squeezed, their colons irrigated, and their ear wax candled. ❋ Clinton Kelly (2010)

The scary part is I saw that the second cake resembled a three-candled birthday cake the moment I saw it. ❋ Unknown (2009)

There too, one May, I had identified a garden warbler singing hidden within a huge candled horse chestnut that spread its great branches across the road as if it were holding its own skirt. ❋ TIM DEE (2009)

Too busy taking hammer and tongs to Beloved, I suppose, to break for the single-candled cake. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A couple of suits near us celebrated one of their birthdays with a single-candled confection. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Dropping small flames to light the candled grass : ❋ JLBO (2009)

Scudamore stood with his urgent despatches in the large well-candled hall, and vainly desired to deliver them. ❋ Richard Doddridge (2004)

Dear Father and dearest Mother, comforted, a little surprised even, as they glimpse in the candled gloom that lux aeternum the boy choir sings. ❋ Jamie O’Neill (2002)

They prayed in the candled glory of the Convent Chapel of Adrados and the priest piled their gifts behind the altar; the harvest of each year. ❋ Cornwell, Bernard (1984)

She did not look at the burial bier as Omne ushered her silently through the candled room. ❋ Marshak, Sondra (1977)

She wondered if Spock had noticed the numbering on his way to the candled room-under that stress. ❋ Marshak, Sondra (1977)

She followed the motion of the kick through into the candled room, prepared to fire but finding the candles guttering out in emptiness. ❋ Marshak, Sondra (1977)

Wind which had been missing all day burst into frantic life, whipping the candled trees and bushes, tearing the air from our nostrils. ❋ Norton, Andre (1965)

XIV THEY APPEARED SUDDENLY between two of the candled menhirs-not as if they had ridden into view, but flashed from the air itself. ❋ Norton, Andre (1965)

It toppled and fell with its candled branches in the fire. ❋ Leona Dalrymple (N/A)