Torch
[tɔːtʃ] or [tɔrtʃ]
Definition
(noun.) a light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance.
(verb.) burn maliciously, as by arson; 'The madman torched the barns'.
Inputed by Frieda--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A light or luminary formed of some combustible substance, as of resinous wood; a large candle or flambeau, or a lamp giving a large, flaring flame.
(n.) A flashlight.
Editor: Maynard
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Flambeau.
Typed by Jack
Definition
n. a light formed of twisted tow dipped in pitch or other inflammable material: a large candle or flambeau.—ns. Torch′-bear′er; Torch′-dance; Torch′er (Shak.) one who gives light with or as with a torch; Torch′ing a way of catching fish at night with torch-light-and spear; Torch′-light; Torch′-race.—n.pl. Torch′-staves (Shak.) staves for carrying torches.
Editor: Martin
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of seeing torches, foretells pleasant amusement and favorable business. To carry a torch, denotes success in love making or intricate affairs. For one to go out, denotes failure and distress. See Lantern and Lamp.
Editor: Mary
Examples
- Kindle the torch, daughter of Hengist! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Pass that torch slowly along these walls, that I may see them, said Defarge to the turnkey. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- To follow conventional methods, the final chapter of a book should be an In conclusion with a finis and a dismantled torch, but the history of invention will ever be a continued story. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- You throw a torch into a pile of buildings, and when they are consumed you sit among the ruins, and lament the fall. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Learning has very often and very aptly been compared to a torch passed from hand to hand. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- I had hastened along one of them for some little distance when suddenly the faint light of the torch disappeared from behind me. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- It came from a torch in the hand of one of a party of four green warriors, who were coming rapidly down the corridor toward me. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The soldier with the basket soon got a light, and lighted three or four torches, and took one himself and distributed the others. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Boats were putting off, torches were lighting up, people were rushing tumultuously to the water's edge. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- By the light of the torches, we saw the black Hulk lying out a little way from the mud of the shore, like a wicked Noah's ark. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- He sees the soldiers, with their red coats lighted up by the torches carried afore, closing in round him. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I left a guard to protect this treasure of dust; and ordered perpetual torches to be burned around. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Their only available light for going deeply into the caverns would be torches. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Light this halt of the pilgrims by the wild red flames of cressets and torches, streaming up at intervals from every part of the innumerable throng. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
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