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Show C A CANDLEANT Lat.] [ candicans adj Dia Growing white ; whitith CA'NDID «dj. [candidus, Lat. 1. White This fenfe is very rare box receives all black; but, pour'd fro thence ftones came candid forth, the hue of innoDryden cence Th Th 2. Free from malice ; not defirous to fin - faults ; fair open ingenuous . "The import of the difcourfe will, for the mof part, if there be no defigned fallacy, fufficientl lead eandid and intelligent readers into the tru Locke meaning of it A candid judge will read each piece of wi With the fame fpirit that its author writ. = Popé CA'NDIDATE. 7. /. [candidatus, Lat. 1. A competitor; one that folicits, or propofes him{elf for, fomething of advancement So many candidates there ftand for wit A place at court is fcarce fo hard to get Anonymous One would be furprifed to fee fo Many candidate Addifon for glory 2. It has generally for before the thin fought What could thus high thy rafh ambition raife Art thou, fond youth, a candidate for praife? Pope 5. Sometimes of And candidate of heav'n Dryden Ca'~npipLy. adv. [from candid.] Fairly without trick ; without malice ; ingenuouily We have often defired they would deal candidl with us; for if the matter ftuck only there, w would propofe that every man fhould fwear, tha Savift he is a member of the church of Ireland CA'NDIDNESS. 7 /. [from candid.] Ingenuity ; opennefs of temper; purity o mind It prefently fees the guilt of a finful action and, on the other fide, obferves the candidnefs of man's very principles, and the fincerity of his in tentions T CA'NDIFY. w. a. [candifico, Lat. South T Di make white; to whiten CA'NDLE. 7. /. [candela, Lat. 1. A light made of wax or tallow, fur rounding a wick of flax or cotton Here burns my candle out, ay, here it dies ‘Which, while it lafted, gave king Henry light Shakefpeare We fee that wax candles laft longer than tallo candles, becaufe wax is more firm-and hard Bacon's Natural Hiftory Take a child, and, fetting a candle before him you fhall find his pupil to contract very much, t exclude the light, with the brightnefs whereof i Ray would otherwife be dazzled 2. Light, or luminary By thefe blefs'd candles of the night Had you been there, Ithink you would have begg' The ring of me, to give the worthy dotor. Shak See SWEETTREE CA'NDLEBERR wiLLow ; of which it is a fpecies CanDLEHO'LDER. 2 /. [from candle an hold. 4. He that holds the candle 2. He that remotely affifts light of heart Tickle the fenfelefs ruthes with her heels For I am proverb'd with a grandfire phrafe To be a candlebolder, and look on. - Shakefpeare CA'NDLELIGHT light. n m d u i t r f m g l l n In darknefs c s e d m r w da t i u ftep. s, whici h t e { f r w h n d w Before the d b F y D d b t g l i And neyer went by can The boding ow t g n b l c a i p h o f Steal t g l l n c t o a i f A #./, [from candle an Swifn L e u f l n c a f 2. The nec t g l l n c a a c h n f a t Molineux to Locke . f m a l n c r [ / CA'NDLEMAS f e B t o o t c f r P t "The feaft o Virgin, which w e c u c i t g l wit t a w y e e : l h a e n d e r h Th man, or, as we term it, by every good liver, between Michaelmas and Candlemas Carew's Surwvey of Cornavall E o r p f m i i i a t r n g i e T n d e c f t o f n l c t e r f i a t rope winter, upon fhining of the fun upon Candleme s u r E a l V n o B y d Come Candlamas nine years ago the died Gay And now lies bury'd by the yew-tree fide CA'NDLESTICK 'Th 7z [from candle an inftrumen tha holds can "The horfemen fit like fixed candlefficks With torch-ftaves in'their hands ; and their poo jade Shakefpeare Thefe countries were once chriftian, and mem bers of the church, and where the golden candle Bacon SfHcks did ftand 1 know a friend, who has converted the eflay of a man of quality into a kind of fringe for hi Addifon candlefficks Ca'NDLESTUFF. 7 /. [from candle an Juff] Any thing of which candles may be made ; kitchen-ftuff ; greafe; tallow By the help of oil, and wax, and other candle Jfuff, the flame may continue, and the wick no Bacon burn CANDLEWA'STER. 7./i [from candle an avafte.] One that confumes candles ; {pendthrift Patc grief with proverbs, mak drun With candlezvafters Ca'nDOCK rivers 7. / misfortun Shakefpeare A weed that grows i Let the pond lie dry fix or twelve months, bot to kill the water-weeds, as water-lilies, candocks reate, and bulrufhes; and alfo, that as thefe di for want of water, fo grafs may grow on the pond' Walton bottom Ca'npouRr. 7 f. [candor, Lat.] Sweetnefs of temper ; purity of mind; opennefs ; ingenuity; kindnefs He {hould have fo much of a natural cazdour an fweetnefs, mixed with all the improvement of learning, as might convey knowledge with a fort o Watts gentle infinuation 7o Ca'NDY dare @. a. [probably from can a wor On choiceft melons and fweet grapes they dfm,e Walley 2. To form into congelations . Will the cold brook Candied with ice, cawdle thy.morming toaft .To cu.revthy o'er-night's furfeit Shakefpeays 3. Toincruft with congelations ufed in later times for z avbiten. 1. To conferve with fugar, in fuch manner as that the fugar lies in flakes or breaks into {fpangles Should the poor be flatter'd No, let the candy'd tongue lick abfurd pomp And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee Shakefpeare ‘Where thrift may follow fawning They have in Turky confe@ions like to candie conferves, made of fugar and jemons, or fugax an Since when thofe frofts that winter brings Which candy every green Renew us like the teeming fprings And we thus frefth are feen Zo Ca'npy. v, n Drayto‘,, To grow congealed Ca'noy Lion's foot. [catanance; Lat] plant Miller CANE. . [ [canna, Lat. 1. A kind of ftrong reed, of which walk ing ftaffs are made ; a walking ftaff. Shall I to pleafe another wine fprung min Lofe all mine own God hath given me a meafu Short of his cane and body: muft I fin A pain in that wherein he finds a pleafure? Herbert "The king thruft the captain from him with hi cane; whereupon he took his leave, and went Harvey hhyme If the polker be out of the way, or broken, fli the fire with your mafter's cane 2. The plant which yields the fugar Swi This cane or reed grows plentifully both in th Eaf Lob down their heads citrons, ot fugar and violets, and fom .| ers, and mixture of ambe:.., 'ow"‘bz ot pin ju c th an pl nt ne ca dy' Wit t c ‘ ‘ h m l w s a m t d t a Sych as are a n h i g i f d l o s e p f ferve for dinners, o t i S t g l l n c a between dayligh dles To make thyfelf a welcome inmate there ‘While yet a young probationer 1. The lightofa candle Sick. Thy firft-fruits of poefy were giv' Let wantons CA CA Wef an Other reed Indies have thei fkin hard and dry, and their pulp void of juice but the fkin of the fugar caze is foft. Itufually grows four or five feet high, and about half a inch in diameter. The ftem or ftalk is divide by knots a foot and a half apart. At the top i puts forth long green tufted leaves, from the middle of which arife the flower and the feed. The ufually plant them in pieces cut, a foot and ahal below the top of the flower; and they are ordinarily ripe in ten months, at which time they are foun quite. full. o a whit fucculer'lt martows fugar whic o liqu th fle expr i whenc Chambers b made And the fweet liquor on the care beftow flow fugar ou lufc th r' prep From whic Blackmort c whe ca o ma dar 3. A lance a n c d e i i a the S w o k h t o f e t u y t Abenamar n o g o a c p f n i a t i Of w i r a t o f a p t t ' t f o t udge-lik Drydet n c e r d t o f m i f n y f Th 4+ A reed o n c a { b e b t e r f a Food may: b s v h e t t i e troughs conve j d a / H ' e i r M m n t r [ a v 7% CaxE f a f t beat w 1 B t L i a u i a [ Cani'CULAR. adj r l c n c a a f gd t longing t or do days. t m f t u s d t t l In re%ard to differen } c f t u a e n w days are in t canicula e t n r f n l i d are under the equin o t e t. o a i f t doz-far arifeth, whe r t i - i h . t u o a f c Swh Browon's Vulgar Ertours t L u i a [ j a C o a o e t e o p t 1. Havin l pa n n c o u d m A kind of women a ticles: thef out of whic ‘barking, an m ? : t a i i w are fcolds t ) b y w a n k t r w the m m c a t o e e {narl a way '_fi" p. a 1 n c d m i e 2. Canine bun c p d i s t f b o n c | petit te 0 t e It may occafion an exorbitant appet i: c fi q Q f i k t l w things, which the ; r f g d k l u vomit the till the is-called canine i t Ca'NISTER |