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In hunting, the pan or frame holding the fuel of the torch used to attract game at night; also, the light itself. C. Hallock.

oin house to house. Is. v. 8. Held up his left hand, which did flame and burn Like twenty torches joined. Shak. Thy tuneful voice with numbers join. Dryden.

A race run by young men with lighted torches in their hands. He who reached the goal first, with his torch unextinguished, gained the prize.

Pine wood abounding in pitch, used for torches in the Southern United States; pine knots, dry sticks, and the like, for kindling a fire quickly or making a blaze.

A torch made of tow and pitch, or the like. Shak.

A boy or man that carried a link or torch to light passengers.

at a wedding; as, nuptial rites and ceremonies. Then, all in heat, They light the nuptial torch. Milton.

ransmit; to deliver; to hand; to make over; as, the waiter passed bisquit and cheese; the torch was passed from hand to hand. I had only time to pass my eye over the medals. Addison. Waller passed over five thousand horse and foot by Newbridge. Clarendon.

A torch. [Obs.] "A burning teade." Spenser.

istle. Same as Bull thistle. -- Star thistle, a species of Centaurea. See Centaurea. -- Torch thistle, a candelabra-shaped plant of the genus Cereus. See Cereus. -- Yellow thistle, Cincus horridulus. Thistle bird (Zoöl.), the American goldfinch, or yellow-bird (Spinus tristis); -- so called on account of its feeding…