English-Thai Dictionary
cresset
N ภาชนะ เหล็ก สำหรับ ใส่ ไม้ หรือ น้ำมัน ที่ ใช้ เผา ไฟ (มั กวาง ไว้ บน กำแพง pa-cha-na-lek-sam-rab-sai-mai-rue-nam-man-ti-chai-phao-fai
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
CRESSET
n.[See Cross. ] 1. A great light set on a beacon, lighthouse, or watch tower.
2. A lamp or torch.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CRESSET
Cres "set (krs "st ), n. Etym: [OF. crasset, cresset, sort of lamp or torch; perh. of Dutch or German origin, and akin to E. cruse, F. creuset crucible, E. crucible. ]
1. An open frame or basket of iron, filled with combustible material, to be burned as a beacon; an open lamp or firrepan carried on a pole in nocturnal processions. Starry lamps and blazing cressets, fed With naphtha and asphaltus. Milton. As a cresset true that darts its length Of beamy luster from a tower of strength. Wordsworth.
2. (Coopering )
Defn: A small furnace or iron cage to hold fire for charring the inside of a cask, and making the staves flexible. Knight.
New American Oxford Dictionary
cresset
cres set |ˈkresit ˈkrɛsət | ▶noun historical a metal container of oil, grease, wood, or coal burned as a torch and typically mounted on a pole. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French, from craisse, variant of graisse ‘oil, grease. ’
Oxford Dictionary
cresset
cresset |ˈkrɛsɪt | ▶noun historical a metal container of oil, grease, wood, or coal set alight for illumination and typically mounted on a pole. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French, from craisse, variant of graisse ‘oil, grease ’.
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