candled

Without waiting for a reply, Mr. McGuffey dropped back into his department and Captain Scraggs, his soul filled with rage and dire forebodings, repaired to the galley, and "candled" four dozen eggs.

Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates Gordon [Illustrator] Grant 1918

I ran my finger over the star, absently taking in the circular shape of the town, its narrow streets a remnant of an older time, with cobblestones and horse-drawn carriages, candled lanterns and muddy gutters.

Brush of Darkness Allison Pang 2011

I ran my finger over the star, absently taking in the circular shape of the town, its narrow streets a remnant of an older time, with cobblestones and horse-drawn carriages, candled lanterns and muddy gutters.

Brush of Darkness Allison Pang 2011

Beautiful people have their blackheads squeezed, their colons irrigated, and their ear wax candled.

Oh No She Didn’t Clinton Kelly 2010

The scary part is I saw that the second cake resembled a three-candled birthday cake the moment I saw it.

I'll Have Whatever They're Having 2009

There too, one May, I had identified a garden warbler singing hidden within a huge candled horse chestnut that spread its great branches across the road as if it were holding its own skirt.

A Year on the Wing TIM DEE 2009

Too busy taking hammer and tongs to Beloved, I suppose, to break for the single-candled cake.

Archive 2009-10-01 2009

A couple of suits near us celebrated one of their birthdays with a single-candled confection.

It's Autumn at the Four Seasons 2009

Too busy taking hammer and tongs to Beloved, I suppose, to break for the single-candled cake.

Happy birthday to me 2009

Dropping small flames to light the candled grass :

April rise JLBO 2009