Associations to the word «Cresset»
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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
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.