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What is a rushlight?

What is a rushlight? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. a type of inexpensive candle, historically used, formed by soaking the dried pith of the rush plant in fat or grease, which emits light for a relatively short period of time.
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Get me the matches down, Hetty, for I must have the rushlight burning i' my room.
Air Products has been awarded the prestigious Rushlight Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Industry Award for its innovative Series 100 Hydrogen Fueling Station technology.
Memoirs of General John Reid, commonly called The Walking Rushlight, sir?
A rushlight gave about as much light as a candle and was less expensive, but it dropped melted grease.
The rushlight was burned in a small pierced metal container or in a special holder consisting of pincers on a stand.
Bute's twinkling eyes, or the flicks of yellow that the rushlight threw on the dreary darkened ceiling.

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