Starry lamps and blazing cressets, fed / With naphtha and asphaltus.
Source: wiktionary
Cresset
//ˈkɹɛsɪt//
Synonyms for "cresset" (7 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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Translations
4 translations across 3 languages.
Middle English
1 entries- cresset noun (metal cup filled with pitch)
Polish
2 entries- kaganek noun (iron cage to hold fire)
- kaganiec noun (iron cage to hold fire)
Spanish
1 entries- antorcha noun (iron cage to hold fire)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
As a cresset true that darts its length / Of beamy lustre from a tower of strength.
Source: wiktionary
1805–1814, Dante Alighieri, Henry Francis Cary (translator), The Divine Comedy, "Inferno", Canto VIII We reach'd the lofty turret's base, our eyes / its height ascended, where we mark'd uphung / two cressets and another saw from far
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