Definition of burn

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Burn (v. t.) To injure by fire or heat; to change destructively some property or properties of, by undue exposure to fire or heat; to scorch; to scald; to blister; to singe; to char; to sear; as, to burn steel in forging; to burn one's face in the sun; the sun burns the grass..

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Cense :: Cense (v. t.) To perfume with odors from burning gums and spices.
Kinding :: Kinding (n.) The of causing to burn, or of exciting or inflaming the passions..
Bunsen''s Battery :: Bunsen's battery () Alt. of Bunsen's burne.
Ustorious :: Ustorious (a.) Having the quality of burning.
Caramel :: Caramel (n.) Burnt sugar; a brown or black porous substance obtained by heating sugar. It is soluble in water, and is used for coloring spirits, gravies, etc..
Smother :: Smother (v. i.) To burn slowly, without sufficient air; to smolder..
Bitumen :: Bitumen (n.) Mineral pitch; a black, tarry substance, burning with a bright flame; Jew's pitch. It occurs as an abundant natural product in many places, as on the shores of the Dead and Caspian Seas. It is used in cements, in the construction of pavements, etc. See Asphalt..
Overburn :: Overburn (v. t. & i.) To burn too much; to be overzealous.
Deflagration :: Deflagration (n.) A burning up; conflagration.
Limekiln :: Limekiln (n.) A kiln or furnace in which limestone or shells are burned and reduced to lime.
Branlin :: Branlin (n.) A young salmon or parr, in the stage in which it has transverse black bands, as if burned by a gridiron..
Carron Oil :: Carron oil () A lotion of linseed oil and lime water, used as an application to burns and scalds; -- first used at the Carron iron works in Scotland..
Inust :: Inust (a.) Burnt in.
Carbuncle :: Carbuncle (n.) A beautiful gem of a deep red color (with a mixture of scarlet) called by the Greeks anthrax; found in the East Indies. When held up to the sun, it loses its deep tinge, and becomes of the color of burning coal. The name belongs for the most part to ruby sapphire, though it has been also given to red spinel and garnet..
Ablen :: Ablen () A small fresh-water fish (Leuciscus alburnus); the bleak.
Crackle :: Crackle (v. i.) To make slight cracks; to make small, sharp, sudden noises, rapidly or frequently repeated; to crepitate; as, burning thorns crackle..
Matte :: Matte (n.) A dead or dull finish, as in gilding where the gold leaf is not burnished, or in painting where the surface is purposely deprived of gloss..
Bunsen''s Burner :: Bunsen's burner () See under Battery, and Burner..
Incensory :: Incensory (n.) The vessel in which incense is burned and offered; a censer; a thurible.
Blue :: Blue (superl.) Pale, without redness or glare, -- said of a flame; hence, of the color of burning brimstone, betokening the presence of ghosts or devils; as, the candle burns blue; the air was blue with oaths..
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