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Look up: Flambeau

  1. flambeau
    [n] - a flaming torch (such as are used in processions at night)
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Flambeau
    Flam'beau ; noun ; plural Flambeaux or Flambeaus . [ French, from Old French flambe flame, for flamble , from Latin flammula a little flame, dim. of flamma flame. See Flame .] A flaming torch, e...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/37

  3. flambeau
    noun a flaming torch (such as are used in processions at night)
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  4. Flambeau
    • (n.) 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.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  5. flambeau
    flambeau (s), flambeaux (pl) 1. A lighted torch. 2. A large ornamental candlestick. 3. In the Caribbean, a torch made by stuffing cloth into a bottle, or sometimes a bamboo joint, containing kerosene.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  6. Flambeau
    A flambeau is a sort of torch or light made of some sort of thick wick covered with wax or other inflammable material, and used at night in illuminations, processions, etc.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  7. Flambeau
    (character) `M. Hercule Flambeau` is a fictional character created by English novelist G. K. Chesterton who appears in the five volumes of in total 48 short stories, of the Father Brown series. His name is the French word for a flaming torch. He first appeared in the story The Blue Cross
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flambeau

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