cresset

== English == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English cresset, from Old French crasset, cresset (“sort of lamp or torch”); perhaps of Old Dutch or Old High German origin, and akin to English cruse and/or French creuset (“crucible”), the latter being from Gallo-Roman Vulgar Latin *croceolus. === Pronunciation === enPR: krĕs′ĭt (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada, Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈkɹɛs.ɪt/ (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈkɹes.ɪt/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈkɹes.ət/ (India) IPA(key): /ˈkɾɛ(ː)s.ɪʈ/ Rhymes: -ɛsɪt Hyphenation: cres‧set === Noun === cresset (plural cressets) A metal cage, basket or cup with fire in it, used for various purposes: (chiefly historical) A metal cup, suspended from or attached to the top of a pole and filled with burning pitch etc., used as portable illumination. (coopering) A small furnace or iron cage to hold fire for charring the inside of a cask, and making the staves flexible. 1805–1814, Dante Alighieri, Henry Francis Cary (translator), The Divine Comedy, "Inferno", Canto VIII We reach'd the lofty turret's base, our eyes / its height ascended, where we mark'd uphung / two cressets and another saw from far ==== Translations ==== === See also === brazier, fire basket === Further reading === “cresset”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === Secrest, resects, secrets == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkreːs.sɛt] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkrɛs.set] Hyphenation: crēs‧set === Verb === crēsset (rare, poetic, syncopated) third-person singular pluperfect active subjunctive of cernō == Middle English == === Alternative forms === crasset, crescet, cressett, cressyt, kirsett, kressette === Etymology === Borrowed from Old French crasset, cresset, possibly from a West Germanic language. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /krɛˈsɛt/, /ˈkrɛ.sɛt/ Rhymes: -ɛt, -ɛsɛt Hyphenation: cres‧set === Noun === cresset (plural cressettes) (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) cresset (metal cup filled with pitch) ==== Descendants ==== English: cresset ==== References ==== “cresset, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.