Cresset

[kresit]

Definition

(n.) 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.

(n.) A small furnace or iron cage to hold fire for charring the inside of a cask, and making the staves flexible.

Typed by Debora

Definition

n. an iron basket jar or open lamp filled with combustible material placed on a beacon lighthouse wharf &c.: a torch generally.

Typist: Shelley