Rushlight

[rʌʃlait]

(noun.) a tallow candle with a rush stem as the wick.

Edited by Anselm--From WordNet

(n.) A rush candle, or its light; hence, a small, feeble light.

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The rushlight flickered in the basin. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Memoirs of General John Reid, commonly called The Walking Rushlight, sir? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.

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