flambeaun.

Brit.

/ˈflambəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈflæmboʊ/

Forms: 1600s flambo, flamboy, 1700s flamboe, 1600s– flambeau; plural 1600s flamboys, 1600s–1700s flambo(e)s, 1600s– flambeaus, flambeaux.

Etymology: < French flambeau (= medieval Latin flambellum ), < flambe flame n.

a. A torch; esp. one made of several thick wicks dipped in wax; a lighted torch.

ΘΚΠ

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

standard1611

flambeau1632

flam1755

1632 St. Trials, Ct. Coningsmark, etc. 11 I had a flambeau in my hand.

1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 133 Others fired their flambeauxes [sic].

1697 Countess D'Aunoy's Trav. (1706) 148 After the Collation was ended, Flamboys were brought in.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. vii. xiv. 128 Eyes as big..as two large Flambeaux .

1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. x. 267 An open grave, with four tall flambeaus..placed at the..corners.

1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xvi. 22 Many a private chair..preceded by running-footmen bearing flambeaux.

b. A fire-signal or beacon.

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society > communication > indication > signalling > visual signalling > luminous signals > [noun] > fire signal > beacon

beacon1377

lightc1425

firebome1440

bale1455

cresset-light1525

flambeau1688

coal-light1775

bale-fire1805

needfire1805

ward-fire1859

beaconage1862

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1688 A. Wood Life & Times (1894) III. 533 A great flambo on Combs his house..was seen as far as Newnham.

2. transferred and figurative. (Cf. torch n., firebrand n.)

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a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) i. ccxxvi. 220 Our Laws of Correction against such dangerous Flambeaux.

1671 J. Eachard Some Observ. Answer to Grounds Contempt of Clergy 158 Receiving some benediction from the flambos of your eyes.

1685 tr. B. Gracián y Morales Courtiers Oracle 54 The sayings of Alexander are the Flamboes of his deeds.

1922 A. E. Housman Last Poems 24 The chestnut casts his flambeaux.

1936 R. Campbell Mithraic Emblems 25 Silent and vertical and dim The lunar flambeau of a prayer.

3. A large decorated candlestick.In modern dictionaries.

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4. southern U.S. ‘One of the set of kettles used in the open-kettle process of sugar-making, so called because the flames of the furnace strike it with most force’ ( Cent. Dict.). [So in French.]

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations, as flambeau-bearer, flambeau-light.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > torch > [noun] > one who carries

torch-bearer1538

mussalchee1610

torchera1616

torch-mana1618

mussal1852

flambeau-bearer1859

torch-carrier1864

1806 A. Duncan Nelson's Funeral 25 The men worked by candle and flambeau light.

1859 C. Dickens Tale of Two Cities ii. ix. 78 Monsieur the Marquis, with his flambeau-bearer going on before, went up the staircase to a door in a corridor.

Derivatives

ˈflambeaued adj. furnished with or lighted by flambeaux.

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

torchy1629

flambeaued1852

torched1901

1852 Meanderings of Memory I. 166 Flambeaued folly of the long procession.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	flambeau
释义	flambeaun. Brit. /ˈflambəʊ/, U.S. /ˈflæmboʊ/ Forms: 1600s flambo, flamboy, 1700s flamboe, 1600s– flambeau; plural 1600s flamboys, 1600s–1700s flambo(e)s, 1600s– flambeaus, flambeaux. Etymology: < French flambeau (= medieval Latin flambellum ), < flambe flame n. 1. a. A torch; esp. one made of several thick wicks dipped in wax; a lighted torch. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > torch > [noun] > wax torch standard1611 flambeau1632 flam1755 1632 St. Trials, Ct. Coningsmark, etc. 11 I had a flambeau in my hand. 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 133 Others fired their flambeauxes [sic]. 1697 Countess D'Aunoy's Trav. (1706) 148 After the Collation was ended, Flamboys were brought in. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. vii. xiv. 128 Eyes as big..as two large Flambeaux . View more context for this quotation 1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. x. 267 An open grave, with four tall flambeaus..placed at the..corners. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xvi. 22 Many a private chair..preceded by running-footmen bearing flambeaux. b. A fire-signal or beacon. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > signalling > visual signalling > luminous signals > [noun] > fire signal > beacon beacon1377 lightc1425 firebome1440 bale1455 cresset-light1525 flambeau1688 coal-light1775 bale-fire1805 needfire1805 ward-fire1859 beaconage1862 fanal- 1688 A. Wood Life & Times (1894) III. 533 A great flambo on Combs his house..was seen as far as Newnham. 2. transferred and figurative. (Cf. torch n., firebrand n.) ΚΠ a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) i. ccxxvi. 220 Our Laws of Correction against such dangerous Flambeaux. 1671 J. Eachard Some Observ. Answer to Grounds Contempt of Clergy 158 Receiving some benediction from the flambos of your eyes. 1685 tr. B. Gracián y Morales Courtiers Oracle 54 The sayings of Alexander are the Flamboes of his deeds. 1922 A. E. Housman Last Poems 24 The chestnut casts his flambeaux. 1936 R. Campbell Mithraic Emblems 25 Silent and vertical and dim The lunar flambeau of a prayer. 3. A large decorated candlestick.In modern dictionaries. Categories » 4. southern U.S. ‘One of the set of kettles used in the open-kettle process of sugar-making, so called because the flames of the furnace strike it with most force’ ( Cent. Dict.). [So in French.] Compounds attributive and in other combinations, as flambeau-bearer, flambeau-light. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > torch > [noun] > one who carries torch-bearer1538 mussalchee1610 torchera1616 torch-mana1618 mussal1852 flambeau-bearer1859 torch-carrier1864 1806 A. Duncan Nelson's Funeral 25 The men worked by candle and flambeau light. 1859 C. Dickens Tale of Two Cities ii. ix. 78 Monsieur the Marquis, with his flambeau-bearer going on before, went up the staircase to a door in a corridor. Derivatives ˈflambeaued adj. furnished with or lighted by flambeaux. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > torch > [adjective] torchy1629 flambeaued1852 torched1901 1852 Meanderings of Memory I. 166 Flambeaued folly of the long procession. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1632
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