torching

Definition of torching in English English dictionary: The ignition and flare-up of a tree or small group of trees, usually from bottom to top; The burning of fuel at the end of the exhaust pipe or stacks of an aircraft engine due to excessive richness of the fuel/air mixture; The burning of the foliage of a single tree or a small group of trees from the bottom up; Fire burning principally as a surface fire that intermittently ignites the crowns of trees or shrubs as it advances; present participle of torch
torch: A torch is a small electric light which is powered by batteries and which you can carry in your hand
torch: {n} a large waxlight, flambeau, link, staff
torch: burn maliciously, as by arson; "The madman torched the barns"
torch: a light carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance
torch: A stick with a flame on one end used as a light source
torch: If you say that someone is carrying the torch of a particular belief or movement, you mean that they are working hard to ensure that it is not forgotten and continues to grow stronger. This group aims to carry the torch for the millions who demonstrated and the thousands who died. to deliberately make a building, vehicle etc start to burn
torch: Operational code name for the Allied landings in North West Africa - November 1942
torch: For our purposes, I will ignore all but the liquid fueled "torches", as well as those lantern-like torches known as "smudge pots" used as safety markers, etc "Torch" was used as the name of the type of light that commonly had a wall-hung fount shaped like a frying pan, with a long downwards tube with a 90 deg bend at the bottom leading to a burner that protruded abot 18 to 24" away from the wall For "home" use, these gravity feed lights burned either gasoline/petrol or kerosene/paraffin with an open flame, with no chimney or shade The same type of lamp was referred to in Australia as a "stall lantern", used to both heat and light outdoor stalls in markets, etc
torch: a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame
torch: A torch is a long stick with burning material at one end, used to provide light or to set things on fire. They lit a torch and set fire to the chapel's thatch
torch: A torch is a device that produces a hot flame and is used for tasks such as cutting or joining pieces of metal. The gang worked for up to ten hours with acetylene torches to open the vault. see also blowtorch
torch: To set fire to, especially using a torch (1) above
torch: A portable source of electric light
torch: a light carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance burn maliciously, as by arson; "The madman torched the barns
torch: If you say that someone is carrying a torch for someone else, you mean that they secretly admire them or love them. He has always carried a torch for Barbara
torch: tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches
torch: An apparatus for mixing Oxy-fuels in controlled proportions for cutting and welding
torch: {i} piece of wood that is lit on fire to provide light, lamp; flashlight, small portable light powered by a battery; (Slang) arsonist, one who intentionally lights fires, one who maliciously burns property
torch: a small portable battery-powered electric lamp
torch: A device used for fusing sprayed coatings; it mixes and controls the flow of gases
torch: If someone torches a building or vehicle, they set fire to it deliberately. The rioters torched the local library
torch: Nickname for Jimmy Martino, first baseman whose game-time smoking habits (not his stellar play) earned him the moniker "the Torch "
torch: {f} set on fire, ignite, set ablaze; intentionally light fires, set on fire maliciously
torch: A device used in the TIG (GTAW) process to control the position of the electrode, to transfer current to the arc, and to direct the flow of the sheilding gas
torch: A light or luminary formed of some combustible substance, as of resinous wood; a large candle or flambeau, or a lamp giving a large, flaring flame
torch: British for "flashlight" - In scuba, it's an underwater battery powered light source
torch: ignition and subsequent envelopment in flames, usually from bottom to top, of a tree or small group of trees
torch: A campaign item used from the mid 19th century to the very early 20th century in which a wick, saturated with oil from a small self-contained reservoir is ignited for illumination of a night-time parade