cresset

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cresset^¹

/ˈkɹɛs.ɪt/ Canada, US, UK
/ˈkɹes.ɪt/ Australia, UK
/ˈkɹes.ət/ New Zealand
/ˈkɾɛ(ː)s.ɪʈ/ India

Rhymes with -ɛsɪt

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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.

noun cressets

historical A metal cup, suspended from or attached to the top of a pole and filled with burning pitch etc., used as portable illumination. Of Starry Lamps and blazing Creſſets fed ¶ With Naphtha and Aſphaltus yeilded light
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

Cresset^²

proper noun

A surname.

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noun iron cage to hold fire

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@misc{cresset_2026,
  title = {cresset},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cresset},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}