[kres-it] /ˈkrɛs ɪt/

a metal cup or basket often mounted on a pole or suspended from above, containing oil, pitch, a rope steeped in rosin, etc., burned as a light or beacon.
(history) a metal basket mounted on a pole in which oil or pitch was burned for illumination


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