1. (n.) 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.
2. (n.) A small furnace or iron cage to hold fire for charring the inside of a cask, and making the staves flexible.
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brand, butane lighter, cigarette lighter, cresset, firebrand, flaming torch, flare, flint, flint and steel, fusee, igniter, light, lighter, link, portfire, signal flare, sparker, spill, taper, torch
