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- Dictionarycan·dle/ˈkand(ə)l/
noun
- 1. a cylinder or block of wax or tallow with a central wick that is lit to produce light as it burns.
verb
- 1. (of a poultry breeder) test (an egg) for freshness or fertility by holding it to the light: "the egg was candled—it was fertile"
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