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English
Pronunciation
Noun
torches
- plural of torch
Verb
torches
- third-person singular simple present indicative of torch
Anagrams
French
Noun
torches f
- plural of torche
Verb
torches
- second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of torcher
Middle English
Noun
torches
- plural of torche
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English tarche (“targe”).
Pronunciation
Noun
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
torches of tar,"
References
- 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