Crēs'set, n.
n. [Fr. croisette, diminutive of croix, cross, because beacons formerly had crosses on their tops. See CROSS.]
Sense 1. An open lamp, filled with combustible material, placed on a beacon, lighthouse, &c., or carried on a pole; any great light.
Many a row Of starry lamps and blazing cressets fed With naphtha and asphaltus. Milton.
As a cresset true that darts its length Of beamy luster from a tower of strength. Wordsworth.
Sense 2. A kitchen utensil for setting a pot over a fire. [Prov. Eng.] Ogilvie.
