A flaming torch, esp. one made by combining together a
number of thick wicks invested with a quick-burning substance
(anciently, perhaps, wax; in modern times, pitch or the like); hence,
any torch.
The larva of a small, hymenopterous fly (Eurytoma hordei), which is found in gall-like swellings on the stalks of wheat, usually at or just above the first joint. In some parts of America...
