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† ˈtorchet Obs.
Also 5–6 -ett(e.
[= OF. torchete, dim. of torche: in med.L. torchetta (1420 in Du Cange).]
A small torch; also fig.
1470–1Mem. Ripon (Surtees) III. 214 Nec r. de aliquo proficuo proveniente de torcheis sive torchettis consimili modo oblatis ad corpora mortuorum. 1497in W. M. Williams Ann. Founders' Co. (1867) 48 Paid to the Wax⁓chandler for ij torchets weynt iij quarters, vj d. 1535in Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm., Var. Coll. IV. 218 That then the said torches and torchettes to be in a redynes, light with convenyent berers. 1604in Househ. Ord. (1790) 305 Mortores, Torchetts, Torches, Quarrioures, Waxelights, Sizes, and Pricketts. 1614Gorges Lucan vi. 429 Where Leos sparkling torchets are In enterchange with Cancers starre. |