Definition of burn

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

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Whitten Tree :: Whitten tree () Either of two shrubs (Viburnum Lantana, and V. Opulus), so called on account of their whitish branches..
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..
Pit :: Pit (n.) A large hole in the ground from which material is dug or quarried; as, a stone pit; a gravel pit; or in which material is made by burning; as, a lime pit; a charcoal pit..
Burning :: Burning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bur.
Burnisher :: Burnisher (n.) One who burnishes.
Arquebuse :: Arquebuse (n.) A sort of hand gun or firearm a contrivance answering to a trigger, by which the burning match was applied. The musket was a later invention..
Clavellated :: Clavellated (a.) Said of potash, probably in reference to its having been obtained from billets of wood by burning..
Hack :: Hack (n.) Unburned brick or tile, stacked up for drying..
Cense :: Cense (v. i.) To burn or scatter incense.
Fizz :: Fizz (v. i.) To make a hissing sound, as a burning fuse..
Gatten Tree :: Gatten tree () A name given to the small trees called guelder-rose (Viburnum Opulus), cornel (Cornus sanguinea), and spindle tree (Euonymus Europaeus)..
Picking :: Picking (n.) Overburned bricks.
Chark :: Chark (v. t.) To burn to a coal; to char.
Burnable :: Burnable (a.) Combustible.
Fire-fanged :: Fire-fanged (a.) Injured as by fire; burned; -- said of manure which has lost its goodness and acquired an ashy hue in consequence of heat generated by decomposition.
Bleak :: Bleak (a.) A small European river fish (Leuciscus alburnus), of the family Cyprinidae; the blay..
Ardurous :: Ardurous (a.) Burning; ardent.
Smoke :: Smoke (n.) To draw into the mouth the smoke of tobacco burning in a pipe or in the form of a cigar, cigarette, etc.; to habitually use tobacco in this manner..
Burnettized :: Burnettized (imp. & p. p.) of Burnettiz.
Gassing :: Gassing (n.) The process of passing cotton goods between two rollers and exposing them to numerous minute jets of gas to burn off the small fibers; any similar process of singeing.
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