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torch
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torch
1. a small portable electric lamp powered by one or more dry batteries
2. any apparatus that burns with a hot flame for welding, brazing, or soldering

torch [tȯrch]
(building construction)
To apply lime mortar under the top edges of roof tiles or slates.
(engineering)
A gas burner used for brazing, cutting, or welding.


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So now we have a further 14 put to the torch along with two cars and a boat
Yet now they are persona non grata in the Muslim world, flags burning, embassies put to the torch and people parading in London pretending to be suicide bombers as a result of a few cartoons.
But the priory was put to the torch by invading Scots in 1296, with another raid by William Wallace and his force the next year.
 
 
 
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