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Webster 1913 Edition

Flambeau

Flam′beau

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Noun.
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pl.
Flambeaux
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or
Flambeaus
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[F., fr. OF.
flambe
flame, for
flamble
, from L.
flammula
a little flame, dim. of
flamma
flame. See
Flame
.]
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Flambeau

FLAM'BEAU

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Noun.
flam'bo. [L. flamma, flame.]
A light or luminary made of thick wicks covered with wax, and used in the streets at night, at illuminations, and in processions. Flambeaus are made square, and usually consist of four wicks or branches, near an inch thick, and about three feet long, composed of coarse hempen yarn, half twisted.

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