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girandole

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gir·an·dole  (jrn-dl)
n.
1. A composition or structure in radiating form or arrangement, such as a rotating display of fireworks.
2. An ornamental branched candleholder, sometimes backed by a mirror.
3. An earring that consists of a central piece with three smaller ornaments or stones hanging from it.
[French, from Italian girandola, from girare, to turn, from Late Latin grre; see gyrate.]
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Noun1.girandolegirandole - an ornate candle holder; often with a mirror
girandola
candle holder, candlestick - a holder with sockets for candles
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Meantime, don't you feel your little lamp of a spirit wax very pale, beside such a girandole as Lucia's?
The Professor by Bronte, Charlotte View in context
It was a scene of gaiety, glitter, and show; of richly-dressed people, handsome mirrors, chalked floors, girandoles and wax-candles; and in all parts of the scene, gliding from spot to spot in silent softness, bowing obsequiously to this party, nodding familiarly to that, and smiling complacently on all, was the sprucely-attired person of Angelo Cyrus Bantam, Esquire, the Master of the Ceremonies.
The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club by Dickens, Charles View in context
As I sat in my usual nook, and looked at him with the light of the girandoles on the mantelpiece beaming full over him--for he occupied an arm-chair drawn close to the fire, and kept shrinking still nearer, as if he were cold, I compared him with Mr.
Jane Eyre by Bronte, Charlotte View in context
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