† cresset-lightn.
Obsolete or archaic.
A blazing cresset; the light of a cresset; a beacon-light.
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1525 in Vicary's Anat. Bodie of Man (1888) App. iii. 170 To be furnyssed with his Watche..with Cressett light borne before them.
1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1271/2 John Cassimere..conueied by cresset light and torch light to sir Thomas Greshams house.
1610 Histrio-mastix ii. 269 Come Cressida, my Cresset light, Thy face, doth shine both day and night.
1729 G. Shelvocke, Jr. tr. K. Siemienowicz Great Art Artillery v. 356 Those who..ran about like mad People with Cresset-Lights of Sulphur and Dirt.
a1835 W. Motherwell Merry Gallant In the Midnight Watch..When cresset lights all feebly burn.
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