See quot. 1753.
1753. Candle-wood, strips of pine about the thickness of the finger, used in New England … to burn instead of candles.—‘Chambers’s Cycl.’ (N.E.D.)
1857. The meal had but just been cleared away, and the candle-wood set blazing on the hearth, when a strong rap resounded at the door…. There, staring steadily in upon the group, the fitful light of the burning candle-wood flashing full upon his tawny face, stood a fall Indian.—J. G. Holland, ‘The Bay-Path,’ pp. 12, 15.
