| 单词 |
cresset-light |
| 释义 |
† ˈcresset-light Obs. or arch. A blazing cresset; the light of a cresset; a beacon-light.
1525in Vicary's Anat. (1888) App. iii. 170 To be furnyssed with his Watche..with Cressett light borne before them. 1587Fleming Contn. Holinshed III. 1271/2 John Cassimere..conueied by cresset light and torch light to sir Thomas Greshams house. 1610Histrio-m. ii. 269 Come Cressida, my Cresset light, Thy face, doth shine both day and night. 1729G. Shelvocke Artillery v. 356 Those who..ran about like mad People with Cresset-Lights of Sulphur and Dirt. a1835Motherwell Merry Gallant, In the Midnight Watch..When cresset lights all feebly burn. |

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