fetch candle

English

Etymology

See fetch (“wraith, apparition”).

Noun

fetch candle (plural fetch candles)

(archaic) A mysterious light, which, when seen at night, was believed to foretell a person's death.
Synonym: corpse candle

References

“fetch”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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