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Very close to me stood a stone rack in which were set two oilsoaked torches, blazing steadily to form the beacon of the door eyes.
The Zero Stone Norton, Andre 1968
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Mussalchee ` torchbearer 'combines mussal ` torch, usually of oilsoaked rags,' adapted from Hindi masal or mashal, the Hindi version of Arabic mash'al, and Turkic - ci (or chi, ji), a suffix denoting an agent.
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