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torchier

/ ˈɔːʃɪə /

noun

  1. a standing lamp with a bowl for casting light upwards and so giving all-round indirect illumination
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Origin of torchier1

C20: from ٴǰè
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It just gets torchier as that love goes unrequited.

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This can be achieved with soffit or valance lighting, or even plug-in torchier floor lamps that bounce light off the ceiling.

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Fading into the far left corner of the room is a black shaded lamp “that throws light up for ambiance and down for reading on the sofa. It functions like a torchier,” providing light without calling attention to itself.

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At the encore she sang “Stay” and “Diamonds,” two of the torchier songs on “Unapologetic,” back to back, for a stretch of melodrama that she had essentially avoided to that point.

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Ms. May followed through, torchier than ever, and Mr. Beck’s guitar escalated again, screaming and slicing.

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