Adjective : a candlewick bedspread of unbleached muslin. From Dictionary.com.
EA was saying that candlewick is one of the few houses that puts lists of who-edited-what online Though for my own part, I could only find them by googling "editors name candlewick", not by a cursory glance at the website. From Wordnik.com. [Some Editors Are More Anonymous Than Others] Reference
candlewick is like candlewick material - fluffy and stranded. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: W.G. SEBALD.] Reference
Each was made up of two men covered with = tufted candlewick bedspreads. From Wordnik.com. [The Shaggy Man of Oz]
She dried herself off as fast as she could and put on a bright blue candlewick dressing gown. From Wordnik.com. [Maura's Game]
My guess is that the name comes from association with the appearance of a trimmed candlewick. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: W.G. SEBALD.] Reference
I'm not English, but I am lower-class and I used to have a candlewick bedspread when I was young. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: W.G. SEBALD.] Reference
Google image search on "candlewick bedspread" gets some pictures, but even the biggest is not ideal. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: W.G. SEBALD.] Reference
In the evenings people sprawled on the sofas in the library under the dome, swathe in candlewick bedspreads. From Wordnik.com. [Terra Incognita]
Might not someone else have given Mrs. Thayer a coil of poisoned candlewick with which to mold the fine beeswax candles?. From Wordnik.com. [The Secret of the Sealed Room] Reference
I've learned something from this thread: I've worked my way up from lower class, because I used to have a candlewick dressing-gown. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: W.G. SEBALD.] Reference
I dipped my pinkie into the pool of hot wax around the candlewick and placed a tiny drop on the corner of the card, refastening it to the page. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: The Possibilities of Sainthood by Donna Freitas] Reference
Against the blue candlewick bedspread and the wide pages of my open book, illuminated by a circle of lamplight, were the gateway to another world. From Wordnik.com. [The Thirteenth Tale] Reference
All my life (at least some 55 of it), I believed that the Swedish "ljusvekegarn" (candlewick yarn) really was the same stuff that is used in candles. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: W.G. SEBALD.] Reference
Whenever I hear them, I'm back in my room, sitting on the pink candlewick bedspread, Derek sitting on the floor with his back to the door, his arms round his knees. From Wordnik.com. [A Place of Execution]
When, during the Civil War, Gletkin had fallen into the enemy's hands, they had tied a lighted candlewick on to his shaven skull, to extract from him certain information. From Wordnik.com. [Autumn] Reference
The first is candlewick: "....she in a pink dressing gown that was made of a material found only in the bedrooms of the English lower classes and is unaccountably called candlewick.". From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: W.G. SEBALD.] Reference
It must be a fine view on a sunny day, he thought, turning back to the magnolia-painted wood chip and the white candlewick bedspread, still rumpled from where Rosie had last sat on it. From Wordnik.com. [The Distant Echo]
I turn my face and see a candlewick flare up and glide to the night table, and before I can quite comprehend it all, the business end of a pistol barrel is resting coldly on my left temple. From Wordnik.com. [The One in White] Reference
Irving saw at once how, when the oil level would grow lower, the candlewick, which seemed to be made of twined strands of anchor-cable hemp, would become longer and the flame would burn higher, melting more blubber and dripping more oil into the lamp. From Wordnik.com. [The Terror]
The flame should "jump" from the lighter to the candlewick. From Wordnik.com. [Catholic Exchange] Reference
It was large and very attractive with its canopied mahogany bed and an old-fashioned candlewick spread. From Wordnik.com. [The Hidden Staircase]
Place the candlewick in the cup; fill cup with melted beeswax and a few drops of coconut or any other essential oil. From Wordnik.com. [Columnist: Stephen Miller] Reference
Materials: Fresh coconut or coconut shells; drill and 1/4-inch bit; chop saw (or hand saw with vice); primed candlewick; beeswax; coconut or other essential oil; chopstick and clothespin. From Wordnik.com. [Columnist: Stephen Miller] Reference
Links: www. candlewick.com. From Wordnik.com. [2007 March 10 « One-Minute Book Reviews] Reference
Q. Does pink smell of candlewick?. From Wordnik.com. [The Temple and the Fortress] Reference
Hastily crossing to it, I felt of the candlewick. From Wordnik.com. [The Filigree Ball Being a full and true account of the solution of the mystery concerning the Jeffrey-Moore affair] Reference
Best Books of 2007, best books read in 2007, candlewick, happydonia, music, punk rock, realistic, reviews. From Wordnik.com. [Beige] Reference
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