torch : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: torch	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for torch
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
torch n a light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches Synonym(s): common mullein, great mullein, Aaron's rod, flannel mullein, woolly mullein, torch, Verbascum thapsus a small portable battery-powered electric lamp Synonym(s): flashlight, torch a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame Synonym(s): blowtorch, torch, blowlamp v burn maliciously, as by arson; "The madman torched the barns"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Torch \Torch\ (t[ocir]rch), n. [OE. torche, F. torche a torch, rag, wisp, pad; probably from a derivative of L. torquere, tortum, to twist, because twisted like a rope; cf. F. torcher to rub, wipe, It. topcia a torch, torciare to wrap, twist, OF. torse a torse. Cf. {Torture}.] A light or luminary formed of some combustible substance, as of resinous wood; a large candle or flambeau, or a lamp giving a large, flaring flame. They light the nuptial torch. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Torchwort \Torch"wort`\, n. (Bot.) The common mullein, the stalks of which, dipped in suet, anciently served for torches. Called also {torch}, and {hig-taper}.