candlesticks

Noun

candlestick (plural candlesticks)

1. A holder with a socket or spike for a candle.
   • 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.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 5:15

   Synonyms:

   candle holder

2. A gymnastics move in which the legs are pointed vertically upward.
3. A color-coded bar showing the open and closing prices of a stock on a candlestick chart.
4. (UK, historical, slang) The central ignition tube connecting the fuse and charge of a WWI shrapnel shell, shaped like a candle stick.
   • 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.1930, Ford Madox Ford, No More Parades, Grosset & Dunlap, page 20

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