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Quotation dates: 1529-1558, 1621-1651
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Walx candill, n. Also: wax(e)-, vax-, walkis- and -candil(l, -candel. [ME and e.m.E. wexe candyl (Trevisa), wax-candul (c1450).] a. A candle made of beeswax. Cf. Candil(l n. 1. b. Wax candles collectively or wax for making candles. Cf. Candil(l n. 2.a. 1529 Grey Friars II 199.
And sall caus be put twa walx candillis one the bere, twa walx candillis one the altare 1538–9 Aberd. B. Rec. I 155.
The said Besse … to gang, sark alane, afore the processioun vith ane vax candill in hir hand … to be offerit to the haly blud lycht 1547 Banff Ann. I 31.
For waxe candillis to the hers afoir Our Lady 1554 Edinb. B. Rec. II 202.
Walx candil a1651 Calderwood in Sciennes Conv. lxviii n.
John Scot … erected ane altar wherein he sett his daughter … and wax candels about her burning, to be adored for the Virgin Marieb. 1558 Rentale Dunkeld. (SHS) 360.
For tua stane walkis candill 1621 Edinburgh Testaments LI 63b.
Ane pund … of waxcandill at xvj s. the pund
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