Definition of burn

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Burn (v. t.) To apply a cautery to; to cauterize.

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Moxa :: Moxa (n.) A soft woolly mass prepared from the young leaves of Artemisia Chinensis, and used as a cautery by burning it on the skin; hence, any substance used in a like manner, as cotton impregnated with niter, amadou..
Flame :: Flame (n.) A stream of burning vapor or gas, emitting light and heat; darting or streaming fire; a blaze; a fire..
Batwing :: Batwing (a.) Shaped like a bat's wing; as, a bat's-wing burner..
Dysodile :: Dysodile (n.) An impure earthy or coaly bitumen, which emits a highly fetid odor when burning..
Bude Burner :: Bude burner () A burner consisting of two or more concentric Argand burners (the inner rising above the outer) and a central tube by which oxygen gas or common air is supplied.
Burned :: Burned (p. p.) Burnished.
Burned :: Burned (p. p. & a.) See Burnt.
Burner :: Burner (n.) One who, or that which, burns or sets fire to anything..
Outburn :: Outburn (v. t. & i.) To burn entirely; to be consumed.
Furbish :: Furbish (v. t.) To rub or scour to brightness; to clean; to burnish; as, to furbish a sword or spear..
Live :: Live (a.) Being in a state of ignition; burning; having active properties; as, a live coal; live embers..
Gas :: Gas (n.) A complex mixture of gases, of which the most important constituents are marsh gas, olefiant gas, and hydrogen, artificially produced by the destructive distillation of gas coal, or sometimes of peat, wood, oil, resin, etc. It gives a brilliant light when burned, and is the common gas used for illuminating purposes..
Adustion :: Adustion (n.) The act of burning, or heating to dryness; the state of being thus heated or dried..
Parch :: Parch (v. t.) To burn the surface of; to scorch; to roast over the fire, as dry grain; as, to parch the skin; to parch corn..
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..
Funeral :: Funeral (n.) The solemn rites used in the disposition of a dead human body, whether such disposition be by interment, burning, or otherwise; esp., the ceremony or solemnization of interment; obsequies; burial; -- formerly used in the plural..
Blea :: Blea (n.) The part of a tree which lies immediately under the bark; the alburnum or sapwood.
Breeze :: Breeze (n.) Refuse left in the process of making coke or burning charcoal.
Burnt :: Burnt () of Bur.
Blackburnian Warbler :: Blackburnian warbler () A beautiful warbler of the United States (Dendroica Blackburniae). The male is strongly marked with orange, yellow, and black on the head and neck, and has an orange-yellow breast..
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