Word Finder - candlesticks

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A holder with a socket or spike for a candle.

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A gymnastics move in which the legs are pointed vertically upward.

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(investing) A color-coded bar showing the open and closing price of a stock on a Japanese candlestick chart.

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(of a parachute) To catch on fire, so that the chute resembles a tapered candle with a flame on top.

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(investing) To analyze stock behavior using Japanese candlestick charts.

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To adorn with candlesticks.

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To form a tall, thin, tapering shape similar to a candle.

Sacred images were not the only specimens of glyptic art produced in these six centuries; reliquaries, bells, vases, incenseburners, candlesticks, lanterns, decorated arms and armour, and many other objects, showing no less mastery of design and execution, have reached us.

In 1736 there were under 10,000 inhabitants in the former city; in 1760 when Horace Walpole passed through it, buying for two guineas a pair of candlesticks of the local plate, which he thought "quite pretty," and pronouncing it to be "one of the foulest towns in England," there were two-and-twenty thousand who remitted eleven thousand pounds a week to London.

The crosses must be of wood; the candlesticks of iron.

On the altar are placed a cross and candlesticks - six in number, and seven when a bishop celebrates in his cathedral; and over it is suspended or fixed a tabernacle or receptacle for the reservation of the Sacrament.

In the age of Justinian (first half of the 6th century) the great church of St Sophia at Constantinople was adorned with an almost incredible amount of wealth and splendour in the form of screens, altars, candlesticks and other ecclesiastical furniture made of massive gold and silver.

At the latter part of the 15th century and the beginning of the 16th the Pollaiuoli, Ricci and other artists devoted much labour and artistic skill to the production of candlesticks and smaller objects of bronze, such as door-knockers, many of which are works of the greatest beauty.

The candlesticks in the Certosa near Pavia, and in the cathedrals of Venice and Padua, are the finest examples of these.

He gave in 1849 a pair of English made silver candlesticks to St Sophia Church, London.

John sees these seven golden candlesticks, look down at verse twenty.

Items of particular interest and value include two silver candlesticks dated in London, 1666 which are considered unique examples of such silverwork.

Today it investigates why modern candles don't fit into older candlesticks.

This flat brass candlestick is a typically eighteenth century design, as candlesticks became taller during the nineteenth century.

The beautifully turned wooden altar candlesticks were also created by Malcolm and presented to the Church.

The children were hard at work cleaning the brass candlesticks in honor of Jim's visit.

Whilst in silver a pair of George I silver candlesticks by Paul de Lamerie, made £ 12,000.

Heavy altar candlesticks of good design, which had been given in 1926 by the Revd.

We finished with a grand presentation of certificates and I was given a beautiful pair of glass candlesticks made in the workshops.

Round it stood seven large candlesticks like those used in churches.

A lovely pretty vintage 1930's green English pressed glass dressing table set, comprising tray, pair of candlesticks and trinket dish.

Green woodworking produces natural objects from chairs to candlesticks without the use of machine tools.

The pages of this book are full of ornate settees, colorful table settings and carved candlesticks.

If you're using candlesticks in your design opt for three instead of four, five instead of six and so on.

For a fun, stay at home entertainment idea, wrap up a set of candle holders, matches and candlesticks and send them a ready-to-cook delivery of steak to go with the ambiance.

Sea Glass Mosaic Candlesticks are a pretty way to display taper candles on your beach wedding tables.

These range from things like candlesticks and bits of ribbon, right up to obscure items like snakes and African drums.

Metal attracts water and you can use the actual element in various works of art, candlesticks, lighting and art objects.

One interesting twist on the Christmas centerpiece with candles theme is to use your favorite candlesticks and candle holders as display bases for Christmas ornaments.

Chairs sliding across the floor, candlesticks and lamps gliding over a tabletop or doors opening and closing without anyone in the video may reveal paranormal activity.