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Synonyms for candling
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : kan-dl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæn dl |
Top 10 synonyms for candling Other synonyms for the word candling
- ascertain
- audit
- balance account
- burn up
- candle
- canvass
- case
- check over
- compare
- contemplate
- count
- dig
- enquire about
- eyeball
- frisk
- get a load of
- go over with a fine-tooth comb
- go through
- inquire into
- inspect
- investigate
- keep account
- look at
- look over
- look see
- make sure
- monitor
- note
- overlook
- peg
- penetrate
- perlustrate
- peruse
- pierce
- pore over
- probe
- prove
- put under a microscope
- quiz
- review
- scan
- scope
- scout out
- scrutinate
- scrutinize
- search
- sift
- smoke
- stare
- study
- survey
- take stock
- take the measure of
- tell
- test
- try
- verify
- view
- watch
- weigh
Définition of candling
Origin :- Old English candel "lamp, lantern, candle," an early ecclesiastical borrowing from Latin candela "a light, torch, candle made of tallow or wax," from candere "to shine," from PIE root *kand- "to glow, to shine, to shoot out light" (cf. Sanskrit cand- "to give light, shine," candra- "shining, glowing, moon;" Greek kandaros "coal;" Welsh cann "white;" Middle Irish condud "fuel").
- Candles were unknown in ancient Greece (where oil lamps sufficed), but common from early times among Romans and Etruscans. Candles on birthday cakes seems to have been originally a German custom. To hold a candle to originally meant "to help in a subordinate capacity," from the notion of an assistant or apprentice holding a candle for light while the master works. To burn the candle at both ends is recorded from 1730.
- As in scrutinize : verb examine closely
- As in check : verb inspect, examine
- Examining eggs to determine their quality is called "candling."
- Extract from : « Every Step in Canning » by Grace Viall Gray
- When he works, the room must be dark except for the covered light used in candling.
- Extract from : « Our Domestic Birds » by John H. Robinson
- If you are in doubt about the quality of any eggs you are candling break a few of them into a dish and examine them.
- Extract from : « Every Step in Canning » by Grace Viall Gray
- He was "candling" a phial of ground glass in his fingers as a good wife tries eggs.
- Extract from : « Balsamo, The Magician » by Alexander Dumas
- This saved the wages of the egg twirlers, whose method of candling eggs, as it was called, was far less rapid than the Separator.
- Extract from : « Mother » by Owen Wister
- First grade that can be separated by candling, corresponding to about twenty-four hours of incubation.
- Extract from : « The Dollar Hen » by Milo M. Hastings
- The loss in candling is generally kept account of, but is seldom charged back to the shipper.
- Extract from : « The Dollar Hen » by Milo M. Hastings
- First: The encouragement of the cash buying of produce, and, if possible, the candling of all eggs with proper deduction for loss.
- Extract from : « The Dollar Hen » by Milo M. Hastings
Antonyms for candling
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