English Explanatory Dictionary

fetch candle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A mysterious light, which, when seen at night, was believed to foretell a person's death.

Word forms

fetch candle fetch candles

Etymology

See fetch (“wraith, apparition”).

Synonyms

corpse candle
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