Definitions for: Torch


[n] a burner that produces a hot flame
[n] a small portable battery-powered electric lamp
[n] a light carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance
[n] tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches
[v] burn maliciously, as by arson; "The madman torched the barns"



Webster (1913) Definition: Torch (t[^o]rch), n. [OE. torche, F. torche a torch,
rag, wisp, pad; probably from a derivative of L. torquere,
tortum, to twist, because twisted like a rope; cf. F. torcher
to rub, wipe, It. topcia a torch, torciare to wrap, twist,
OF. torse a torse. Cf. Torture.]
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.

They light the nuptial torch. --Milton.



Torch thistle. (Bot.) See under Thistle.

Synonyms: Aaron's rod, blowlamp, blowtorch, common mullein, flannel mullein, flashlight, great mullein, Verbascum thapsus, woolly mullein

See Also: burn, burn down, burner, electric lamp, fire, flambeau, flannel leaf, flashlight battery, light, light source, mullein, oxyacetylene torch, penlight, velvet plant

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