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Definitions for cresset
ˈkrɛs ɪtcres·set
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Wiktionary
cressetnoun
A metal cup, suspended from a pole and filled with burning pitch etc; once used as portable illumination.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Cressetnoun
A great light set upon a beacon, lighthouse, or watch-tower. Thomas Hanmer They still raise armies in Scotland by carrying about the fire-cross.
Etymology: croissete, Fr. because beacons had crosses anciently on their tops.
At my nativity
The front of heav’n was full of firy sparks,
Of burning cressets. William Shakespeare, Henry IV. p. i.From the arched roof,
Pendent by subtle magick, many a row
Of starry lamps, and blazing cressets, fed
With naphtha and asphaltus, yielded light
As from a sky. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. i. l. 726.
Webster Dictionary
Cressetnoun
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
Cressetnoun
a small furnace or iron cage to hold fire for charring the inside of a cask, and making the staves flexible
Etymology: [OF. crasset, cresset, sort of lamp or torch; perh. of Dutch or German origin, and akin to E. cruse, F. creuset crucible, E. crucible.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Cresset
kres′et, n. an iron basket, jar, or open lamp filled with combustible material, placed on a beacon, lighthouse, wharf, &c.: a torch generally. [O. Fr. cresset, crasset (Fr. creuset)—Old Dut. kruysel, a hanging lamp.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
cresset
A beacon light set on a watch-tower.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of cresset in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of cresset in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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