Usually means: Candle made from rush, grease.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word Rushlight:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. rushlight: Merriam-Webster
  2. rushlight: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. rushlight: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. rushlight: Vocabulary.com
  5. Rushlight, rushlight: Wordnik
  6. rushlight: Wiktionary
  7. rushlight: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. Rushlight, rushlight: Dictionary.com
  9. Rushlight: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Rushlight: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. rushlight: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. rushlight: Rhymezone
  13. Rushlight: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. rushlight: FreeDictionary.org
  15. rushlight: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  16. rushlight: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. rushlight: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rushlight: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (rushlight)

▸ noun:  (historical) A type of inexpensive candle formed by soaking the dried pith of the rush plant in fat or grease, which emits light for a relatively short period of time.

Similar:
rush candle, rush holder, lampion, candlelighter, palouser, firelighter, lunt, lampwick, penlite, hurricane lantern, more...

Opposite:
slow-burning, long-lasting, steady, constant, enduring

Types:
torch, lamp, candle, lantern, oil lamp, street light, floodlight, headlight, more...

Adjectives:
little, dim, mere, feeble, single, flickering, own, small, miserable, poor, common

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Similar:
rush candle, rush holder, lampion, candlelighter, palouser, firelighter, lunt, lampwick, penlite, hurricane lantern, more...

Opposite:
slow-burning, long-lasting, steady, constant, enduring

Types:
torch, lamp, candle, lantern, oil lamp, street light, floodlight, headlight, more...

Adjectives:
little, dim, mere, feeble, single, flickering, own, small, miserable, poor, common



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