Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
cresset .
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Examples
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An immense cresset-lamp, fed with perfumed oil, threw a soft light round the sumptuous chamber.
Alroy The Prince Of The Captivity Benjamin Disraeli 1842
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An immense cresset-lamp, fed with perfumed oil, threw a soft light round the sumptuous chamber.
Chapter 2 - Part IX 1822
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Andrew gave now and then a queer chuckle at the ludicrousness of their home-coming, and every second minute had to stop and pick up one or other of his many parcels; but Maggie strode on in front, full of possession, and with the feeling of having now at last entered upon her heavenly inheritance; so that she was quite startled when suddenly they came in sight of the turf cottage, and the little window in which a small cresset-lamp was burning.
Salted with Fire George MacDonald 1864
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