<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">candle snuffers</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>lighting device components</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>candlesnuffer</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>candle-snuffer</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>candle snuffer</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>candlesnuffers</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>snuffer, candle</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>snuffers</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>snuffers, candle</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Devices for trimming the wicks of candles and lamps to keep the end of the wick even and clean; usually in the form of scissors with one blade bearing a boxlike receptacle to catch the cut-off ends of the charred wick. For scissorlike devices with flat disc-shaped ends used for pinching out a candle flame, use "douters." For cone-shaped devices used to extinguish flames, use "extinguishers." ]]></note></mads>