(a) a burning brand; (b) = fire drill n. (b); (c) a long implement used for stirring a fire; a poker.

A piece of burning wood, esp. one used as a torch or to ignite something.

a flaming torch, a flambeau.

A quantity of burning fuel; a fire. Obsolete. rare.

A piece of burning wood, esp. one used as a torch or to set something aflame. Frequently in stick of fire: a firebrand. Obsolete.

A slow match; also, a torch. to set lunt to: to set fire to.

A resinous piece of pine used as a torch; a wood-torch.

a flaming torch, a flambeau.

(a) a cane used to light a fire by friction; (b) a long pole tipped with a flammable substance and set alight, used to set fire to enemy vessels.

A piece of wood that is or has been burning on the hearth; also poetic a torch, a match or linstock (see quot. 1810).