FLAMBEAU: Dictionary Entry and Meaning
| Pronunciation: | | 'flambow
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| | Definition: | | [n] a flaming torch (such as are used in processions at night) |
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| | See Also: | | torch | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Flam"beau\; n.; pl. {Flambeaux}or {Flambeaus}. [F.,
fr. OF. flambe flame, for flamble, from L. flammula a little
flame, dim. of flamma flame. See {Flame}.]
A flaming torch, esp. one made by combining together a number
of thick wicks invested with a quick-burning substance
(anciently, perhaps, wax; in modern times, pitch or the
like); hence, any torch.
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| | Related Terms: | | brand, butane lighter, cigarette lighter, cresset, firebrand, flaming torch, flare, flint, flint and steel, fusee, igniter, light, lighter, link, portfire, signal flare, sparker, spill, taper, torch |
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