Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A lighted torch.
- noun A large ornamental candlestick.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A flaming torch of any kind; specifically, a light made of thick wicks covered with wax or other inflammable material, and used at night in illuminations, processions, etc.
- noun In decorative art, a candlestick, especially a large and showy one, as of bronze, or one of decorative material.
- noun One of the set of kettles used in the open-kettle process of sugarmaking, so called because the flames of the furnace strike it with most force.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
burning torch , especially one carried in procession.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a flaming torch (such as are used in processions at night)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The flambeau is made of bark, but if the poaching happens to be in a river near the C.N.R. Railway it is easier to steal the waste from the boxes of freight cars, as this makes a better flambeau.
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This done, he re-entered the cavern, turned to his left, fixed his new kind of flambeau upright against the wall, poured the liquor in the wax cup, and then went out again to procure fire.
Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet Frederick Marryat 1820
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This done, he re-entered the cavern, turned to his left, fixed his new kind of flambeau upright against the wall, poured the liquor in the wax cup, and then went out again to procure fire.
Monsieur Violet Frederick Marryat 1820
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"flambeau" fishing at night, the fellow "roared and bellowed" and set him at defiance; no less than twenty companions joined him in the fishing.
A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs The Story of a Hundred Years, 1761-1861 George M. Wrong
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Flambeau Shady Lady $60; www. flambeau outdoors. com Raised feather details are covered with electrostatically applied flocking to give this hard, full-body hen decoy a lifelike sheen.
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Yes | No | Report from muskiemaster wrote 28 weeks 4 days ago blaze orange is a must have no matter what in the fall almost any time you go into the woods. but for dove decoys flambeau makes some good ones with a little clip on the bottom of them to put them on whatever.
What do I need to wear for dove hunting? Is a 20ga. pump shotgun sufficent for taking doves? 2009
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“He awaits you in his rooms, madam,” he said, holding his flambeau aloft, lighting the way.
Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011
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Yes | No | Report from muskiemaster wrote 28 weeks 4 days ago blaze orange is a must have no matter what in the fall almost any time you go into the woods. but for dove decoys flambeau makes some good ones with a little clip on the bottom of them to put them on whatever.
What do I need to wear for dove hunting? Is a 20ga. pump shotgun sufficent for taking doves? 2009
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“He awaits you in his rooms, madam,” he said, holding his flambeau aloft, lighting the way.
Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011
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Do not miss the video at the end of this edition, in which students portent le flambeau, or "carry the torch" of remembrance via song.
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