torch
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Substantiivi
torch englanniksi
(senseid) A stick of wood or plant fibres twisted together, with one end soaked in a flammable substance such as resin or tallow and on fire, which is held in the hand, put into a wall bracket, or stuck into the ground, and used chiefly as a source.
(synonyms)
(ux)
(RQ:Shakespeare Troilus and Cressida Q1), Antemor (quote-gloss), Diomed (quote-gloss) vvith torches.|footer=A stage direction.
(RQ:Burton Melancholy), ''hee tooke burning torches, and extinguiſhed them in the riuer, his ſtatua vvas to be ſeene in the Temple of (mythology)|Venus Eiuſina'', of vvhich ''(w)'' makes mention, ''and ſaith that all louers of olde vvent thither a pilgrimate, that vvould be rid of their loue pangs.''
(RQ:Scott Kenilworth)
(RQ:Dickens Christmas Carol)
(RQ:Faulkner Absalom) how he heard Mrs Coldfield's feet and saw the light of the torch approaching along the upper hall and how she came and passed him, (..)
(quote-book)
A similarly shaped implement with a replaceable supply of flammable material; specifically, a pole with a lamp at one end.
(quote-journal) Games, a flaming torch is ignited by the sun in Olympia at the ruins of the ancient Temple of Zeus. With that flame, relay runners lighted torches one from the other and carry it to the opening of the Games. Ever since 1936, the Summer Olympics has had its fire-font lit by a relay torch ignited at Olympia.
(quote-journal) torch worldwide—it had to be snuffed out more than once to protect it from protesters—even provoked angry Chinese students to mobilise "150 strong and energetic runners" to defend it in Australia, raising the spectre of violence.
(quote-web) colour and unique design, represents the spirit of the Games. (..) With its gentle curves, the torch represents a sense of peace and solidarity. It stands as a symbol of the Paralympic Games' mission to promote harmony and unity.
(senseid) ''In full'' electric torch: (synonym of)
(RQ:Doyle Lost World)
(quote-av)
(quote-book), noting the shape, relative sizes and any associated ptosis. Use a pocket torch and shine the light from the side to gauge the reaction of the pupils to light.
A (l) upVerb|made up of spikelets.
(RQ:Dodoens Lyte Niewe Herball)
(RQ:Dodoens Lyte Niewe Herball) the whole top with his pleaſant yellow floures ſheweth like to a waxe Candell or taper cunningly wrought. (..) &91;pages 119–120&93; Mulleyn is called (..) in English alſo ''Tapſus barbatus'', Mulleyne, or rather Wulleyn, Hig(quote-gloss)taper, Torches, and Longworte: (..)
A cactus with a very elongated body; a ceroid cactus; a cactus or torch-thistle.
(RQ:Gerard Herball) This plant, vvhich is called of the Indians in their mother toong ''Vragua'', vvhich is as much to ſay, a torch, taper, or vvaxe candle, vvhereupon it hath been called in Latine of thoſe that vnderſtoode the Indian toong, ''Cereus'', or a torch (..) riſeth vp to the height of a ſpeare of 20. foote long, (..)
A source of enlightenment or guidance.
(RQ:Sheridan Rivals)
(senseid) ''In'' carry'','' on'',''up'' on the torch: a precious cause, principle, tradition, etc., which needs to be protected and transmitted to others.
(short for)
An arsonist.
(quote-book), Ninety-fifth States Congress|Congress, Second Session(nb...)|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=States Government Publishing Office|U.S. Government Printing Office|date=13 September 1978|page=172|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=_hEzOxNCOJgC&pg=RA1-PA172|oclc=311634234|passage=Some years ago, another Houston torch attached a kitchen match to the bell striker on an ordinary telephone so that it would vibrate when the phone rang. He placed a piece of sandpaper close enough to the match so that when the bell rang, the match rubbed the surface of the sandpaper and started a fire. The torch, after setting up the device, drove to a town many miles from his home and then dialed his home number, successfully starting a fire in his own home.
(quote-book), States Department of Justice|U.S. Department of Justice|month=March|year=1984|page=137|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=4Gkn2y93xh8C&pg=PA137|oclc=11061433|passage=Upon the advice of the prosecutor, who was already at the arson unit's office, the torches were not arrested, but "detained" and offered the opportunity to cooperate with the investigators in their efforts to implicate the landlord. (..) As one torch had had most contact with their employer, investigators decided that he should make a call to the landlord on a tapped telephone and try and discuss the planned fire with him. The landlord was reluctant to say anything over the phone and suggested that he and the torch should meet.
To illuminate or provide (a place) with torches ''(noun (senseno))''.
To fire to (something), especially by use of a torch; specifically, to intentionally destroy (something) by setting fire to try and claim compensation on a insurance.
(hyponyms)
To make damaging claims about (someone or something); to ruin the reputation of (someone or something); to disparage, to insult.
Of a fire: to burn.
(syn)
To travel in a spacecraft propelled by a (l).
To catch fish or other aquatic animals by torchlight; to go torch-fishing.
To (l) (inside joints of slates laid on laths) using lime hair mortar.
(alternative form of)
torque (gloss)