1 occurrence in 1 dictionary
Reference: Candlestick (2)
Smith
Candlestick,
in
is merely a lamp-stand, made in various forms, to hold up the simple Oriental hand-lamps.
Candlestick,
in
is merely a lamp-stand, made in various forms, to hold up the simple Oriental hand-lamps.
People do not light a lamp and put it under a peck-measure but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all that are in the house.
Then He put a question to them: "A lamp is not brought to be put under a peck-measure or under a bed, is it? Is it not rather to be put on the lamp-stand?