var. QUARRIER2, candle. Obs.

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1512.  Househ. Bk. Dk. Northumbld., 3. Wax wrought in Quarions j lb.

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[1860.  Our Eng. Home, 91. Quarions and morters … for burning in the chambers at night; the former were square lumps of wax with a wick in the centre.]

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