Why this word is great
CHANDLERY — [Noun] A shop or trade dedicated to candles and associated goods, with a specialized nautical branch supplying ships' provisions. From Middle French chandelerie, from chandelier ("candlemaker, candle seller"), equivalent to candle + the suffix -ery (denoting a place of business or trade). Unlike "chandler" (the artisan, dusted with beeswax or tallow) or a "hardware store" (a broad, terrestrial emporium of generic utility), a chandlery is the specific domain of crafted light and nautical provision. It is the dense, warm scent of hot beeswax hanging heavy in the air; the satisfying heft of a new-wicked pillar, its surface bearing the gentle thumb-print of its maker; and in its nautical incarnation, the oiled, fibrous scent of hemp rope and the cold, briny touch of bronze deck fittings—a repository for the humble technologies that held night and the open sea in temporary abeyance, a quiet pact against the coming dark.