- 1. 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. Source: opted
- 2. n. A small furnace or iron cage to hold fire for charring the inside of a cask, and making the staves flexible. Source: opted
- 3. 1. 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. Starry lamps and blazing cressets, fed With naphtha and asphaltus. Milton. As a cresset true that darts its length Of beamy luster from a tower of strength. Wordsworth. 2. (Coopering) A small furnace or iron cage to hold fire for charring the inside of a cask, and making the staves flexible. Knight. Source: webster
- 4. A small furnace or iron cage to hold fire for charring theinside of a cask, and making the staves flexible. Knight. Source: adambom
- 5. 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. Source: ecdict
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