torches
See also: torchés
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)tʃəz
Noun edit
torches
Verb edit
torches
- third-person singular simple present indicative of torch
Anagrams edit
French edit
Noun edit
torches f
Verb edit
torches
Middle English edit
Noun edit
torches
Yola edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English tarche (“targe”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
torches
- targes
- 1927, “YOLA ZONG O BARONY VORTH”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 132, line 10:
- Aal haar, an wi eyen lik torches o tar?"
- "All hair, and with eyes like
torchesof tar,"
- "All hair, and with eyes like
References edit
- Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 132