Definition of burn

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Burn (v. t.) To consume, injure, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat; to affect as fire or heat does; as, to burn the mouth with pepper..

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Water Tower :: Water tower () A large metal pipe made to be extended vertically by sections, and used for discharging water upon burning buildings..
Roast :: Roast (v. t.) Hence, to heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn..
Deflagration :: Deflagration (n.) A burning up; conflagration.
Thurification :: Thurification (n.) The act of fuming with incense, or the act of burning incense..
Pimpinel :: Pimpinel (n.) The burnet saxifrage. See under Saxifrage.
Serrator :: Serrator (n.) The ivory gull (Larus eburneus).
Base-burner :: Base-burner (n.) A furnace or stove in which the fuel is contained in a hopper or chamber, and is fed to the fire as the lower stratum is consumed..
Match :: Match (n.) Anything used for catching and retaining or communicating fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily, or remains burning some time; esp., a small strip or splint of wood dipped at one end in a substance which can be easily ignited by friction, as a preparation of phosphorus or chlorate of potassium..
Wick :: Wick (n.) A bundle of fibers, or a loosely twisted or braided cord, tape, or tube, usually made of soft spun cotton threads, which by capillary attraction draws up a steady supply of the oil in lamps, the melted tallow or wax in candles, or other material used for illumination, in small successive portions, to be burned..
Branlin :: Branlin (n.) A young salmon or parr, in the stage in which it has transverse black bands, as if burned by a gridiron..
Brand :: Brand (v. t.) A burning piece of wood; or a stick or piece of wood partly burnt, whether burning or after the fire is extinct..
Burnous :: Burnous (n.) A cloaklike garment and hood woven in one piece, worn by Arabs..
Low :: Low (v. i.) To burn; to blaze.
Earthen :: Earthen (a.) Made of earth; made of burnt or baked clay, or other like substances; as, an earthen vessel or pipe..
Cautery :: Cautery (n.) A burning or searing, as of morbid flesh, with a hot iron, or by application of a caustic that will burn, corrode, or destroy animal tissue..
Detonate :: Detonate (v. t.) To cause to explode; to cause to burn or inflame with a sudden report.
Hussite :: Hussite (n.) A follower of John Huss, the Bohemian reformer, who was adjudged a heretic and burnt alive in 1415..
Fuel :: Fuel (n.) Any matter used to produce heat by burning; that which feeds fire; combustible matter used for fires, as wood, coal, peat, etc..
Incremate :: Incremate (v. t.) To consume or reduce to ashes by burning, as a dead body; to cremate..
Concremation :: Concremation (n.) The act of burning different things together.
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