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Definition of Flambeau
1. Noun. A flaming torch (such as are used in processions at night).
Definition of Flambeau
1. 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.
Definition of Flambeau
1. Noun. A burning torch, especially one carried in procession. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Flambeau
1. a flaming torch [n -BEAUX or -BEAUS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flambeau
Literary usage of Flambeau
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1822)
"... his late Royal Highness on foot, in deep mourning, each bearing a flambeau.
... every fourth man proceeded to the house of the bearing a flambeau. dean. ..."
2. The Warner Library by Charles Dudley Warner, Harry Morgan Ayres, John William Cunliffe, Helen Rex Keller, Gerhard Richard Lomer (1917)
"flambeau — I should rather think so! Thanks to our new success we're quartered here
... flambeau — Colossal! Metternich — This is July the ninth in Eighteen ..."
3. The Law Relating to Oil and Gas: Including Oil and Gas Leases and Contracts by William Wheeler Thornton (1904)
"Preventing waste of gas — flambeau lights. The State by statute may prevent the
waste of natural gas; and as the burning of gas in flambeau lights, ..."
4. English Prose and Verse from Beowulf to Stevenson by Henry Spackman Pancoast (1915)
"Flush'd as they are with folly, youth, and wine, Their prudent insults to the
poor confine; Afar they mark the flambeau's bright approach, Л mortal born, ..."
5. The Lands of the Five Civilized Tribes: A Treatise Upon the Law Applicable by Lawrence Mills (1919)
"Gas in flambeau Lights. 1128. Must Notify Superintendent of Intention. 1129.
Abandoning Wells. 1130. Abandoning Wells, Regulation. 1131. ..."
6. A Military Dictionary and Gazetteer: Comprising Ancient and Modern Military by Thomas Wilhelm (1881)
"... Bad River, 732 ; Lac Court d'Oreille, 1048; Lac de flambeau, 605; Fond du Lac,
404; Grand Portage, 262; Bois Fort, 714. Indians in Wisconsin not under ..."
7. Mineral Land Classification: Showing Indications of Iron Formations in Parts by William Otis Hotchkiss, Ernest F. Bean, Orville W. Wheelwright (1915)
"No other rocks were found in contact with the flambeau quartzite. Sweet mentioned
outcrops of syenitic granite found in the Chippewa River, If miles east of ..."
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