Obs. Also 5–6 -ett(e. [= OF. torchete, dim. of torche: in med.L. torchetta (1420 in Du Cange).] A small torch; also fig.
1470–1. Mem. Ripon (Surtees), III. 214. Nec r. de aliquo proficuo proveniente de torcheis sive torchettis consimili modo oblatis ad corpora mortuorum.
1497. in W. M. Williams, Ann. Founders’ Co. (1867), 48. Paid to the Wax-chandler for ij torchets weynt iij quarters, vj d.
1535. in Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm., Var. Coll., IV. 218. That then the said torches and torchettes to be in a redynes, light with convenyent berers.
1604. in Househ. Ord. (1790), 305. Mortores, Torchetts, Torches, Quarrioures, Waxelighis, Sizes, and Pricketts.
1614. Gorges, Lucan, VI. 429. Where Leos sparkling torchets are In enterchange with Cancers starre.
