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cresset
[ kres-it ]
noun
- a metal cup or basket often mounted on a pole or suspended from above, containing oil, pitch, a rope steeped in rosin, etc., burned as a light or beacon.
cresset
/ ˈkrɛsɪt /
noun
- history a metal basket mounted on a pole in which oil or pitch was burned for illumination
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cresset1
C14: from Old French craisset, from craisse grease
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Example Sentences
At one of the larger intersections, Albert stopped under a flaming cresset and looked at his arm.
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For a moment there was darkness, then a cresset on the wall flashed up, another and another, and all was light.
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His face was cruel and alert, and the light from the cresset played in red streaks upon his helmet.
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Light yonder cresset from the embers on the hearth; advance it to his face!
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Cresset, a large kind of candlestick for holding a small fire or illuminant.
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