Associations to the word «Cresset»

Wiktionary

CRESSET, noun. A metal cup, suspended from a pole and filled with burning pitch etc; once used as portable illumination.
CRESSET, noun. (coopering) A small furnace or iron cage to hold fire for charring the inside of a cask, and making the staves flexible.

Wise words

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
C. S. Lewis