fetch candle

English

Etymology

See fetch (“wraith, apparition”).

Noun

fetch candle (plural fetch candles)

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

References

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