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   Cresset , n. [OF. crasset, cresset, sort of lamp or torch; perh. of Dutch or German origin, and akin to E. cruse, F. creuset crucible, E. crucible.]
    An open frame or basket of iron, filled with combustible material, to be burned as a beacon; an open lamp or firepan carried on a pole in nocturnal processions.
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   Starry lamps and blazing cressets, fed
   With naphtha and asphaltus.
   Milton.
   
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   As a cresset true that darts its length
   Of beamy luster from a tower of strength.
   Wordsworth.
   
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   (Coopering) A small furnace or iron cage to hold fire for charring the inside of a cask, and making the staves flexible.
   Knight.
   
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