flambeau

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He and friends played hide-and-seek in nearby brush but never saw the flambeau lit.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 2, 2021

The princes applaud with a furious joy; And the king seiz'd a flambeau with zeal to destroy; Thais led the way,23 To light him to his prey, And like another Helen, fired another Troy.

From Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer by Baldwin, James

He then spoke to the youngest, who immediately got a flambeau, and prepared to go, having first asked the elder wife to accompany her.

From Algic Researches, Comprising Inquiries Respecting the Mental Characteristics of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 of 2 Indian Tales and Legends by Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe

It sometimes appears as a stately flambeau, stalking along unsupported, burning with a ghastly blue flame.

From British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Sikes, Wirt

And when another day had gone, and night came again, a silent funeral passed, by the light of a flambeau, to the chapel of the Ursulines for the lonely obsequies.

From Old Quebec The Fortress of New France by Bryan, Claude Glennon