"roman candle" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "roman candles",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "roman candling",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "roman candled",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "roman candled",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "roman candle (third-person singular simple present roman candles, present participle roman candling, simple past and past participle roman candled)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "Roman-candle"
        }
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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          "source": "w"
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2017, Wilhelm Johnen, Battling the Bombers:",
          "text": "The parachute was on a slant in the air and threatened at any minute to roman candle.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019, David Taylor, The First Helicopter Boys:",
          "text": "On the second operation the 1,000 mortar bombs were parachuted into the LZ on 125 chutes; all were on target but two roman candled which sent everyone diving for cover and necessitated the change of some knickers.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023, Dilip Sarkar, Robert J Rudhall, Battle of Britain The Movie, page 91:",
          "text": "Several of these would be seen to 'roman candle' (parachute failing to open) as did happen all too often during the war, on both sides of the conflict.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of Roman-candle"
      ],
      "id": "en-roman_candle-en-verb-qX-wXFGY",
      "links": [
        [
          "Roman-candle",
          "Roman-candle#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "roman candle"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "roman candles",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "roman candling",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "roman candled",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "roman candled",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
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        {
          "word": "Roman-candle"
        }
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        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2017, Wilhelm Johnen, Battling the Bombers:",
          "text": "The parachute was on a slant in the air and threatened at any minute to roman candle.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019, David Taylor, The First Helicopter Boys:",
          "text": "On the second operation the 1,000 mortar bombs were parachuted into the LZ on 125 chutes; all were on target but two roman candled which sent everyone diving for cover and necessitated the change of some knickers.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023, Dilip Sarkar, Robert J Rudhall, Battle of Britain The Movie, page 91:",
          "text": "Several of these would be seen to 'roman candle' (parachute failing to open) as did happen all too often during the war, on both sides of the conflict.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of Roman-candle"
      ],
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        [
          "Roman-candle",
          "Roman-candle#English"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "roman candle"
}