Definition of burn

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Burn (v. t.) To consume with fire; to reduce to ashes by the action of heat or fire; -- frequently intensified by up: as, to burn up wood..

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Hussite :: Hussite (n.) A follower of John Huss, the Bohemian reformer, who was adjudged a heretic and burnt alive in 1415..
Ustulation :: Ustulation (n.) The burning of wine.
Broach :: Broach (n.) A tool of steel, generally tapering, and of a polygonal form, with from four to eight cutting edges, for smoothing or enlarging holes in metal; sometimes made smooth or without edges, as for burnishing pivot holes in watches; a reamer. The broach for gun barrels is commonly square and without taper..
Consume :: Consume (v. t.) To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire; to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to devour..
Fire :: Fire (v. t.) To subject to intense heat; to bake; to burn in a kiln; as, to fire pottery..
Calcigenous :: Calcigenous (a.) Tending to form, or to become, a calx or earthlike substance on being oxidized or burnt; as magnesium, calcium. etc..
Scottering :: Scottering (n.) The burning of a wad of pease straw at the end of harvest.
Antipyrotic :: Antipyrotic (n.) Anything of use in preventing or healing burns or pyrosis.
Live :: Live (a.) Being in a state of ignition; burning; having active properties; as, a live coal; live embers..
Gatten Tree :: Gatten tree () A name given to the small trees called guelder-rose (Viburnum Opulus), cornel (Cornus sanguinea), and spindle tree (Euonymus Europaeus)..
Coal :: Coal (v. t.) To burn to charcoal; to char.
Flatting :: Flatting (n.) A method of preserving gilding unburnished, by touching with size..
Parching :: Parching (a.) Scorching; burning; drying.
Teend :: Teend (v. t. & i.) To kindle; to burn.
Enchafing :: Enchafing (n.) Heating; burning.
Crackle :: Crackle (v. i.) To make slight cracks; to make small, sharp, sudden noises, rapidly or frequently repeated; to crepitate; as, burning thorns crackle..
Burn :: Burn (v. t.) To apply a cautery to; to cauterize.
Pyre :: Pyre (n.) A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which the dead are burned; hence, any pile to be burnt..
Wheal :: Wheal (n.) Specifically (Med.), a flat, burning or itching eminence on the skin, such as is produced by a mosquito bite, or in urticaria..
Ustulate :: Ustulate (a.) Blackened as if burned.
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