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n. A lighted torch.

n. A large ornamental candlestick.

n. A burning torch, especially one carried in procession.

n. A flaming torch, esp. one made by combining together a number of thick wicks invested with a quick-burning substance (anciently, perhaps, wax; in modern times, pitch or the like); hence, any torch.

n. A flaming torch of any kind; specifically, a light made of thick wicks covered with wax or other inflammable material, and used at night in illuminations, processions, etc.

n. In decorative art, a candlestick, especially a large and showy one, as of bronze, or one of decorative material.

n. One of the set of kettles used in the open-kettle process of sugarmaking, so called because the flames of the furnace strike it with most force.

n. a flaming torch (such as are used in processions at night)

"The flambeau is made of bark, but if the poaching happens to be in a river near the C.N.R. Railway it is easier to steal the waste from the boxes of freight cars, as this makes a better flambeau."

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flambé    flamboyant   

flambeaux   

torc   

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