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Originally Posted by S&Wshooter
Wikipedia: "A torch is a fire source, usually a rod-shaped piece of wood with a rag soaked in pitch and/or some other flammable material wrapped around one end"
Defined: "A portable means of illumination such as a piece of wood or cloth soaked in tallow or an oil lamp on a pole, sometimes carried ceremonially"
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Wiktionary:
Noun
torch (plural torches)
*A stick with a flame on one end used as a light source.
The mob of angry villagers carried torches and pitchforks to the vampire's castle.
*(Australian, New Zealand, UK) A portable source of electric light.
Ernst slipped and dropped his torch on the flagstones, shattering the bulb and plunging us into darkness.