candled

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  • Sometimes a lot of eggs is candled several times and the bad ones removed, before it reaches the last dealer who handles it.

    Our Domestic Birds | John H. Robinson
  • Separators should be carefully "candled" — placed in front of a light and looked through.

  • These he candled in his house cellar and began selling them to a limited trade in the wealthy section of the city.

    The Dollar Hen | Milo M. Hastings
  • Scudamore stood with his urgent despatches in the large well-candled hall, and vainly desired to deliver them.

    Springhaven | R. D. Blackmore
  • This is an excellent way to learn to know how good and bad eggs look when they are being candled.

    Every Step in Canning | Grace Viall Gray

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