cressetn.¹

Brit.

/ˈkrɛsɪt/, U.S.

/ˈkrɛsət/

Forms: Also Middle English crassete, Middle English crescette, cresette, cressete, cressyt, kirset, kirsett(e, Middle English–1500s cressette, Middle English–1600s cressett, 1500s cres(s)hett(e, kyrsede, kyrsett, 1600s cressit.

Etymology: < Old French craicet, craisset, cresset in same sense.

a. A vessel of iron or the like, made to hold grease or oil, or an iron basket to hold pitched rope, wood, or coal, to be burnt for light; usually mounted on the top of a pole or building, or suspended from a roof. Frequent as a historical word; in actual use applied to a fire-basket for giving light on a wharf, etc.

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the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > artificial light defined by light-source > [noun] > in iron vessel or basket

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1370 in J. T. Fowler Memorials Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1886) III. 130 j long cresset.

1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 217 A pot of erthe, in which he tath A light brenning in a cresset.

1459–60 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 88 Le Kirsettez in domo capitulari et Refectorio.

1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 114 The cite as light as it had ben daye by the clarte..of torches, cresettes & other fires.

c1497 Inventory in MS. Ashmole 1519, lf. 141 b In coquina: a chawfere, a brandlet, a kirset.

1505–6 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 104 De 11 petr. feodi [coquinæ] pro le kyrsett ad portam abbathie.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cccc. 694 The erle..was comyng..with a great nomber of cressettes and lyghtes with hym.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ecclus. xlviii. 1 Then stode vp Elias the prophet as a fyre, and his worde brent like a creshett.

1569 Inv. in Trans. Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archæol. Soc. 10 34 On Kyrsede & ij trepetts price vs.

1574 A. Golding tr. A. Marlorat Catholike Expos. Reuelation 29 As a cresset set vp in a hauen, to shew the hauen a far of.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Cresset, an old word used for a Lanthorn or burning beacon.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 728 Blazing Cressets fed With Naphtha and Asphaltus.

1782 Falconer's Shipwreck (new ed.) iii. 46 Where beauteous Hero from the turret's height Display'd her cresset.

1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles i. xxiv. 32 Soon the warder's cresset shone.

1853 C. Dickens Down with Tide in Househ. Words 5 Feb. 482/1 Here and there, a coal fire in an iron cresset blazed upon a wharf.

†b. A cavity in a cresset-stone. Obsolete.

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the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > artificial light defined by light-source > [noun] > in iron vessel or basket > cavity in

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c1593 in J. Raine Descr. Anc. Monuments Church of Durham (1842) 72 A four square stone, wherein was a dozen cressets wrought..being ever filled and supplied with the cooke as they needed, to give light to the Monks.

2. transferred and figurative; cf. torch n.

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the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > torch > [noun]

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1578 Bk. Christian Prayers in Private Prayers (1851) 445 Unto the spiritual world the cresset is thy wisdom.

1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 154 So doth our Sauiour saie of Iohn Baptist, that he was a burning and blasing cresset.

1604 M. Drayton Owle sig. G^v The bright Cressit of the glorious skye.

1826 W. Scott Woodstock III. ix. 244 The moon..hung her dim dull cresset in the heavens.

1877 Bryant Constellations 13 The resplendent cressets which the Twins Uplifted.

3. Coopering. A fire-basket used to char the inside of a cask.

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1874 in E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech.

Categories »

4. local. ‘A kitchen utensil for setting a pot over the fire’ (Bailey (folio), 1730–6).

Compounds

C1. attributive and in other combinations, as cresset-lamp. See also cresset-light n.

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1874 F. W. Farrar Silence & Voices of God v. 90 The stars its cresset lamps.

C2.

cresset-stone n. a flat stone with cup-shaped hollows for holding grease to be burnt for light.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cresset
释义	cressetn.¹ Brit. /ˈkrɛsɪt/, U.S. /ˈkrɛsət/ Forms: Also Middle English crassete, Middle English crescette, cresette, cressete, cressyt, kirset, kirsett(e, Middle English–1500s cressette, Middle English–1600s cressett, 1500s cres(s)hett(e, kyrsede, kyrsett, 1600s cressit. Etymology: < Old French craicet, craisset, cresset in same sense. 1. a. A vessel of iron or the like, made to hold grease or oil, or an iron basket to hold pitched rope, wood, or coal, to be burnt for light; usually mounted on the top of a pole or building, or suspended from a roof. Frequent as a historical word; in actual use applied to a fire-basket for giving light on a wharf, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > artificial light defined by light-source > [noun] > in iron vessel or basket cresset1370 1370 in J. T. Fowler Memorials Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1886) III. 130 j long cresset. 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 217 A pot of erthe, in which he tath A light brenning in a cresset. 1459–60 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 88 Le Kirsettez in domo capitulari et Refectorio. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 114 The cite as light as it had ben daye by the clarte..of torches, cresettes & other fires. c1497 Inventory in MS. Ashmole 1519, lf. 141 b In coquina: a chawfere, a brandlet, a kirset. 1505–6 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 104 De 11 petr. feodi [coquinæ] pro le kyrsett ad portam abbathie. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cccc. 694 The erle..was comyng..with a great nomber of cressettes and lyghtes with hym. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ecclus. xlviii. 1 Then stode vp Elias the prophet as a fyre, and his worde brent like a creshett. 1569 Inv. in Trans. Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archæol. Soc. 10 34 On Kyrsede & ij trepetts price vs. 1574 A. Golding tr. A. Marlorat Catholike Expos. Reuelation 29 As a cresset set vp in a hauen, to shew the hauen a far of. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Cresset, an old word used for a Lanthorn or burning beacon. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 728 Blazing Cressets fed With Naphtha and Asphaltus. View more context for this quotation 1782 Falconer's Shipwreck (new ed.) iii. 46 Where beauteous Hero from the turret's height Display'd her cresset. 1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles i. xxiv. 32 Soon the warder's cresset shone. 1853 C. Dickens Down with Tide in Househ. Words 5 Feb. 482/1 Here and there, a coal fire in an iron cresset blazed upon a wharf. †b. A cavity in a cresset-stone. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > artificial light defined by light-source > [noun] > in iron vessel or basket > cavity in cressetc1593 c1593 in J. Raine Descr. Anc. Monuments Church of Durham (1842) 72 A four square stone, wherein was a dozen cressets wrought..being ever filled and supplied with the cooke as they needed, to give light to the Monks. 2. transferred and figurative; cf. torch n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > torch > [noun] blazec1000 torchc1290 lampa1382 flambec1430 shaft?c1450 cresset1578 brandon?1614 mussal1698 ruffy1793 torch-brand1825 bug1924 1578 Bk. Christian Prayers in Private Prayers (1851) 445 Unto the spiritual world the cresset is thy wisdom. 1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 154 So doth our Sauiour saie of Iohn Baptist, that he was a burning and blasing cresset. 1604 M. Drayton Owle sig. G^v The bright Cressit of the glorious skye. 1826 W. Scott Woodstock III. ix. 244 The moon..hung her dim dull cresset in the heavens. 1877 Bryant Constellations 13 The resplendent cressets which the Twins Uplifted. 3. Coopering. A fire-basket used to char the inside of a cask. ΚΠ 1874 in E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Categories » 4. local. ‘A kitchen utensil for setting a pot over the fire’ (Bailey (folio), 1730–6). Compounds C1. attributive and in other combinations, as cresset-lamp. See also cresset-light n. ΚΠ 1874 F. W. Farrar Silence & Voices of God v. 90 The stars its cresset lamps. C2. cresset-stone n. a flat stone with cup-shaped hollows for holding grease to be burnt for light. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). cressetn.² In water cressets, error for water cresses (watercress n.). Π 1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 720 A poore woman that sold Water cressets [so in ed. 1618]. 1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum Creset, an herb. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.¹1370n.²1586
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