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(historical) A kind of gas burner with a slit at the top that causes the flame to take the shape of a bat's wing.
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Alternative spelling of blowtorch [A tool which projects a controlled stream of a highly flammable gas over a spark in order to produce a controlled flame.]
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A burner that burns a fuel in air to produce a hot flame; a blowtorch
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A tool which projects a controlled stream of a highly flammable gas over a spark in order to produce a controlled flame.
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A blowpipe (used in metallurgy, etc.).
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A specialised washer that ensures a gas-tight seal between the cylinder yoke or regulator of an anaesthetic machine or any medical device requiring a gas supply, and a gas cylinder.
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(slang) A pyrotechnic tear gas canister.
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The glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp.
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(historical) An electrical device for producing rapid combustion.
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A powder found in a fire extinguisher that is expelled to smother the fire
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A phenomenon in which phonons (sound perturbations) are unable to escape from a fluid that is flowing more quickly than the local speed of sound.
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(very rare) A mechanical flashlight that is powered by squeezing a handle.
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(historical) A small hollow conical instrument for putting out a candle.
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(historical) The lantern, louvre, or covering placed in the ridge of a hall roof for the purpose of ventilation or letting out the smoke of the fire kindled on a central hearth.
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Alternative form of feu de joie [(obsolete) A bonfire.]
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A burning cross made of wood, historically used to rally troops.
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(heraldry) A charge made of a disc-shaped bomb shell, with four sets of flames, at the top, bottom and on either side.
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A weapon that causes fire; an incendiary weapon.
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A torch or other burning stick with a flame at one end.
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A performer who creates fireballs by breathing a fine mist of fuel over an open flame.
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a brick capable of withstanding high temperatures without deforming.
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Alternative spelling of fire door [A fireproof door designed to stop fires spreading through buildings.]
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The light of a fire, such as from a campfire or fireplace.
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One who produces fire, especially as a ceremonial role.
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One who sets fires; an arsonist.
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Which faces a fire; which lies in the direction of a fire; etc.
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Alternative spelling of flambé [(cooking) A showy cooking technique where an alcoholic beverage, such as brandy, is added to hot food and then the fumes are ignited.]
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Alternative spelling of flamethrower [A device that projects a flame for starting fires, and sometimes also additional fuel to help ignition. Used either as a weapon or a tool.]
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(historical, Ancient Rome) a priest devoted to the service of a particular god, from whom he received a distinguishing epithet. The most honored were those of Jupiter, Mars, and Quirinus, called respectively Flamen Dialis, Flamen Martialis, and Flamen Quirinalis.
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Any substance used for flameproofing.
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A small cylinder of some other material of the same function in a cigarette lighter, etc.
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Alternative form of femerell [(historical) The lantern, louvre, or covering placed in the ridge of a hall roof for the purpose of ventilation or letting out the smoke of the fire kindled on a central hearth.]
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A friction match for smokers' use, having a bulbous head which when ignited is not easily blown out even in a gale of wind.
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A volatile welding flux delivered within the welding flame
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A hand-held device designed to be waved back and forth in order to induce airflow for the purpose of cooling the user.
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A device that detects heat and sounds an alarm.
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preheated air blown into a blast furnace
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A gun-shaped tool with a heating element, used to apply hot melt adhesives.
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that has been heated and pressed
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A stone that emits sparks of fire when struck with steel.
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Any device that is used to ignite something, especially a fuel mixture, or a charge of explosive
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(military) A mixture of petrol, benzene and polystyrene, used like napalm.
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A slow-burning match or torch.
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A device made of wood or paper, at the tip coated with chemicals that ignite with the friction of being dragged (struck) against a rough dry surface.
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The flaring of a lit match.
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A highly flammable, viscous substance, designed to stick to the body while burning, used in warfare as an incendiary especially in wooded areas.
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A torch that burns acetylene with a pure oxygen source to produce the flame.
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a small gas cylinder of oxygen used in mountain climbing or scuba diving etc
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a gas cylinder containing oxygen
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a tube that carries oxygen to a heated tool; used to cut metal; the tip is continuously consumed
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A plastic or rubber mask through which oxygen may be breathed from a storage tank.
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One who lights fires with petrol, especially (historical) a revolutionary who attacked public buildings in this way in Paris in 1871.
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(historical) An early form of friction match involving a splint tipped with sulfur dipped into a bottle of phosphorous and then ignited by friction.
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Synonym of pilot light (“persistent flame to ignite gas”)
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A small, persistent flame used to ignite gas.
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Alternative form of pompet [(historical, printing) A ball used for inking the type.]
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Any heap or pile of combustibles.
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The use of fire in combat.
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(chemistry) The part of a flame that has an excess of fuel and is capable of reducing something that it is in contact with
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concrete conveyed through a hose and pneumatically projected at high velocity onto a surface
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(mining) A person employed to prepare, position and detonate explosives to demolish buildings and structures, or dislodge rocks and soil.
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Synonym of snuffer (“device to extinguish candles”)
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A device that applies ultrasonic vibration to the flame of a welding tool
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Any device that prevents the emission of flammable debris from combustion sources.
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A small fire started by a burning fragment of a wildfire, that causes the wildfire to spread downwind
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(US) A decorative, usually ceramic, pot containing a candle made from fragrant wax.
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A tool that burns iron in an oxygen-rich environment to create very high temperatures for cutting.
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A symbol for various white nationalist movements.
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A stick with a flame on one end, used chiefly as a light source; a similarly shaped implement with a replaceable supply of flammable material.
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(Sussex) One who collects used torches for a bonfire society on Bonfire Night.
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a singer of torch songs; most often a woman
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A person who carries a torch (flaming brand).
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Carrying a torch (flaming brand).
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(slang) An arsonist who specifically ignites fires.
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(music) Having the character of a torch song.
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Alternative form of tuyere (part of a blast furnace) [A nozzle or similar fixture through which the blast is delivered to the interior of a blast furnace, or to the fire of a forge]
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A nozzle or similar fixture through which the blast is delivered to the interior of a blast furnace, or to the fire of a forge
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Alternative spelling of tuyere [A nozzle or similar fixture through which the blast is delivered to the interior of a blast furnace, or to the fire of a forge]
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Alternative spelling of tuyere [A nozzle or similar fixture through which the blast is delivered to the interior of a blast furnace, or to the fire of a forge]
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A bundle, twist, braid, or woven strip of cord, fabric, fibre, or other porous material in a candle, oil lamp, kerosene heater, or the like, that draws up liquid fuel, such as melted tallow, wax, or the oil, delivering it to the base of the flame for conversion to gases and burning; any other length of material burned for illumination in small successive portions.
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