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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

brand, butane lighter, cigarette lighter, cresset, firebrand, flaming torch, flare, flint, flint and steel, fusee, igniter, light, lighter, link, portfire, signal flare, sparker, spill, taper, torch

Dictionary Results for flambeau:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

flambeau
    n 1: a flaming torch (such as are used in processions at night)

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Flambeau \Flam"beau\; n.; pl. Flambeauxor Flambeaus. [F.,
   fr. OF. flambe flame, for flamble, from L. flammula a little
   flame, dim. of flamma flame. See Flame.]
   A flaming torch, esp. one made by combining together a number
   of thick wicks invested with a quick-burning substance
   (anciently, perhaps, wax; in modern times, pitch or the
   like); hence, any torch.
   [1913 Webster]

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