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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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Save-all :: Save-all (n.) A device in a candlestick to hold the ends of candles, so that they be burned..

Cresset :: Cresset (n.) An open frame or basket of iron, filled with combustible material, to be burned as a beacon; an open lamp or firrepan carried on a pole in nocturnal processions..

Detonize :: Detonize (v. t. & i.) To explode, or cause to explode; to burn with an explosion; to detonate..

Smother :: Smother (v. i.) To burn slowly, without sufficient air; to smolder..

Outburn :: Outburn (v. t. & i.) To exceed in burning.

Brand :: Brand (v. t.) A mark made by burning with a hot iron, as upon a cask, to designate the quality, manufacturer, etc., of the contents, or upon an animal, to designate ownership; -- also, a mark for a similar purpose made in any other way, as with a stencil. Hence, figurately: Quality; kind; grade; as, a good brand of flour..

Sulphurize :: Sulphuring (n.) Exposure to the fumes of burning sulphur, as in bleaching; the process of bleaching by exposure to the fumes of sulphur..

Skyrocket :: Skyrocket (n.) A rocket that ascends high and burns as it flies; a species of fireworks.

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..

Flame :: Flame (n.) To burn with a flame or blaze; to burn as gas emitted from bodies in combustion; to blaze.

Veratrine :: Veratrine (n.) A poisonous alkaloid obtained from the root hellebore (Veratrum) and from sabadilla seeds as a white crystalline powder, having an acrid, burning taste. It is sometimes used externally, as in ointments, in the local treatment of neuralgia and rheumatism. Called also veratria, and veratrina..

Ustulation :: Ustulation (n.) The burning of wine.

Burned :: Burned (p. p.) Burnished.

Sunburning :: Sunburnt () of Sunbur.

Burn :: Burn (v. i.) To suffer from, or be scorched by, an excess of heat..

Pernicious :: Pernicious (a.) Quick; swift (to burn).

Flagrate :: Flagrate (v. t.) To burn.

Burnstickle :: Burnstickle (n.) A stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus).

Sulphur-bottom :: Sulphurator (n.) An apparatus for impregnating with, or exposing to the action of, sulphur; especially, an apparatus for fumigating or bleaching by means of the fumes of burning sulphur..

Pimpinel :: Pimpinel (n.) The burnet saxifrage. See under Saxifrage.