<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light.</li><li>something resembling a candle in appearance or use.</li><li>a unit of luminous intensity, defined as a fraction of the luminous intensity of a group of 45 carbon-filament lamps; used from 1909 to 1948 as the international standard.</li><li>a unit of luminous intensity, equal to the luminous intensity of a wax candle of standard specifications; used prior to 1909 as the international standard.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object)<ul><li>candled, candling: to examine (eggs) for freshness, fertility, etc., by holding them up to a bright light.</li><li>to hold (a bottle of wine) in front of a lighted candle while decanting so as to detect sediment and prevent its being poured off with the wine.</li></ul></li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>