| 单词 | mussal torch |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmussal torch A torch. Also: †a torch-bearer (cf. mussalchee n.). Also mussal torch. 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 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 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 34 The Duties march like Furies, with their lighted Mussals in their hands. 1751 Acct. in W. Hedges Diary (1888) II. p. xi. (note) Oil 2 rs. Mussaul 1,,8. 1810 T. Williamson E. India Vade-mecum I. 219 The mosaul, or flambeau, consists of old rags, wrapped very closely around a small stick. 1852 Life in Bombay 23 The Musaul, or lamp-lighter. 1872 E. Braddon Life in India v. 161 The mussal is invariably carried so that we get the full benefit of the glare and smell. 1965 ‘Lauchmonen’ Old Thom's Harvest iv. 54 Joe-Joe was there and he was holding up a massal torch flaming bright. 1965 ‘Lauchmonen’ Old Thom's Harvest iv. 55 Their rain-wet faces were glistening and black in the light of the massal. < as lemmas |
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