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

We were conducted back to our rooms by quite a procession, including the thin landlord and imposing landlady, headed by the Dragon bearing a flambeau.

From Glories of Spain by Wood, Charles W. (William)

En faisant briller un c�t� du flambeau, celui qui d�senchante l'homme de lui-m�me, il �clipse l'autre, celui qui montre � l'homme dans le ciel sa force, son appui, et l'espoir d'une r�g�n�ration.

From Notes and Queries, Number 232, April 8, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Various

It sometimes appears as a stately flambeau, stalking along unsupported, burning with a ghastly blue flame.

From British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Sikes, Wirt