torch : Idioms & Phrases

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Flying torch

  • (Mil.), a torch attached to a long staff and used for signaling at night.
Webster 1913

oxyacetylene torch

  • noun a blowtorch that burns oxyacetylene
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torch race

  • noun (ancient Greece) in which a torch is passed from one runner to the next
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torch singer

  • noun a singer (usually a woman) who specializes in singing torch songs
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torch song

  • noun a popular song concerned with disappointment in love
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Torch thistle

  • . (Bot.) See under Thistle.
Webster 1913

water torch

Wa"ter torch`
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  1. (Bot.) The common cat-tail (Typha latifolia), the spike of which makes a good torch soaked in oil. Dr. Prior.
Webster 1913