flambeau

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He and friends played hide-and-seek in nearby brush but never saw the flambeau lit.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 2, 2021

Here an old man presented himself who officiated as an experienced guide, furnished with a lantern and great flambeau made of ropes impregnated with some kind of resin.

From The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) by Various

Sacre flambeau de jour, n’en soyez point jaloux; Vous parûtes alors aussi peu devant elle, Que les feux de la nuit avoient fait devant vous.”

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by Dunlop, John

And the king seized a flambeau with zeal to destroy; Thais led the way, To light him to his prey, And like another Helen, fired another Troy.

From Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 by Various

And the king seiz'd a flambeau with zeal to destroy; Thais led the way, To light him to his prey, And like another Helen, fired another Troy.

From Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer by Baldwin, James