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单词 cresset
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
cres•set  (kresit),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a metal cup or basket often mounted on a pole or suspended from above, containing oil, pitch, a rope steeped in rosin, etc., burned as a light or beacon.
  • Anglo-French, Old French craisset, equivalent. to cras grease + -et -et
  • Middle English 1325–75

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
cresset /ˈkrɛsɪt/ n
  1. a metal basket mounted on a pole in which oil or pitch was burned for illumination
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French craisset, from craisse grease
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