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Torch

A light or luminary formed of some combustible substance, as of resinous wood; a large candle or flambeau, or a lamp giving a large, flaring flame.

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Burn 76% connected

To consume with fire; to reduce to ashes by the action of heat or fire; -- frequently intensified by up: as, to burn up wood.

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Burner 76% connected

One who, or that which, burns or sets fire to anything.

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Fire 76% connected

The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition.

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Light 76% connected

That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous.

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Mullein 76% connected

Any plant of the genus Verbascum. They are tall herbs having coarse leaves, and large flowers in dense spikes. The common species, with densely wooll…

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Flambeau 76% connected

A flaming torch, esp. one made by combining together a number of thick wicks invested with a quick-burning substance (anciently, perhaps, wax; in mod…

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Aaron's rod 92% connected

A rod with one serpent twined around it, thus differing from the caduceus of Mercury, which has two.

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