In America's colonial period, candles were more than just a decoration -- they were a necessity. Made primarily of beef fat tallow melted in boiling water, then re-hardened around a candle rod and protruding wick, colonial candles were the only light source once the sun went down. This ...
There are two types, solid beeswax and honeycomb wax. The solid bees wax candle is created by pouring liquid wax into a candle mold. The result is a smooth, dense candle which burns for an extremely long time. Honeycomb beeswax candles are created by rolling honeycomb textured sheets. The h...
The term tallow refers to rendered fat from cattle or sheep. It's processed from suet, the raw form of the fat, and can be stored without refrigeration for long periods of time. Mutton tallow has a number of traditional uses, and is still in some demand today. Tallow may be used in ...
Quick—get up!’ She answered, ‘Alas! death is gnawing at my heart. Let me rest.’ But he forced her to get up and bathe her face, and put a wreath of roses in her hair; and he placed her in a chair at the window, with a candle burning beside her, and went away. “I loo...
In the adjoining room, some solitary tenant might be seen poring, by the light of a feeble tallow candle, over a bundle of soiled and tattered papers, yellow with dust and dropping to pieces from age, writing, for the hundredth time, some lengthened statement of his grievances, for the ...
A liquid into which something is dipped, as for dyeing or disinfecting. Dip A savory creamy mixture into which crackers, raw vegetables, or other foods may be dipped. Dip An amount taken up by dipping. Dip A container for dipping. Dip A candle made by repeated dipping in tallow or wax....
A candle made by repeated dipping in tallow or wax. Splash A knife. Dip A downward slope; a decline. Splash To hit or agitate liquid so that part of it separates from the principal liquid mass. Sit and splash in the bathtub Dip A sharp downward course; a drop A dip in prices. Splas...
My grandmother used to burn a bayberry candle every year on New Year's. My mother continued the tradition and I have started it as well. I think it's a beautiful thought. The bayberry candle burns through and a new beginning is made with the arrival of the new year. ...
He bore in his right hand a tallow candle stuck in the end of a cleft stick. The young gentleman did not stop to bestow any other mark of recognition upon Oliver than a humourous grin; but, turning away, beckoned the visitors to follow him down a flight of stairs. They crossed an ...
His suggestion was to ‘rub, anoint or grease the place aggrieved’ with a tallow candle…perhaps not a situation you would wish to walk in on! If the unfortunate chafed traveller possessed a pair of particularly large buttocks, Boorde suggested that rubbing between the cheeks with olive oil ...