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Fetch-light. World English Historical Dictionary

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Fetch-light. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Slice Contents Key Bibliographic Record Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1901, rev. 2022. Fetch-light [Of uncertain formation; perh. f. FETCH sb.2, if that be an old word. But it may be f. FETCH v., as the ‘corpse-candle’ is supposed to be a light sent to ‘fetch’ the doomed person.]

1   A name given (app. in South Wales) to the ‘corpse-candle’ (Welsh canwyll corff), a spectral light supposed to be seen before a person’s death travelling from his house to his grave.

2 1692.  Athenian Mercury, VI. vi. 1/1. Before the Death of any person in the Family, there is an Appearance vulgarly called a Fetch-light.

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