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What are Torches?
        TORCH'ES
     John 18:3. Resinous wood, or the twisted fibres of wool or flax saturated with inflammable matter, served for torches, and in some parts of the Old World at this day the like substances are borne aloft in iron frames.


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Schaff, Philip, Dr. "Biblical Definition for 'torches' in Schaffs Bible Dictionary".
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