Definition of burn

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Burn (v. t.) To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize; as, a man burns a certain amount of carbon at each respiration; to burn iron in oxygen..

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Detonate :: Detonate (v. t.) To cause to explode; to cause to burn or inflame with a sudden report.
Cannel Coal :: Cannel coal () A kind of mineral coal of a black color, sufficiently hard and solid to be cut and polished. It burns readily, with a clear, yellow flame, and on this account has been used as a substitute for candles..
Pernicious :: Pernicious (a.) Quick; swift (to burn).
Heartburn :: Heartburn (n.) An uneasy, burning sensation in the stomach, often attended with an inclination to vomit. It is sometimes idiopathic, but is often a symptom of often complaints..
Batwing :: Batwing (a.) Shaped like a bat's wing; as, a bat's-wing burner..
Burn :: Burn (n.) A hurt, injury, or effect caused by fire or excessive or intense heat..
Smoke :: Smoke (v. t.) To inhale and puff out the smoke of, as tobacco; to burn or use in smoking; as, to smoke a pipe or a cigar..
Solarization :: Solarization (n.) Injury of a photographic picture caused by exposing it for too long a time to the sun's light in the camera; burning; excessive insolation.
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..
Burn :: Burn (v. t.) To apply a cautery to; to cauterize.
Alburnum :: Alburnum (n.) The white and softer part of wood, between the inner bark and the hard wood or duramen; sapwood..
Sienna :: Sienna (n.) Clay that is colored red or brown by the oxides of iron or manganese, and used as a pigment. It is used either in the raw state or burnt..
Scald :: Scald (v. t.) To burn with hot liquid or steam; to pain or injure by contact with, or immersion in, any hot fluid; as, to scald the hand..
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..
Glass :: Glass (v. t.) To smooth or polish anything, as leater, by rubbing it with a glass burnisher..
Flash :: Flash (n.) A preparation of capsicum, burnt sugar, etc., for coloring and giving a fictious strength to liquors..
Encaustic :: Encaustic (a.) Prepared by means of heat; burned in.
Mowburn :: Mowburn (v. i.) To heat and ferment in the mow, as hay when housed too green..
Flapdragon :: Flapdragon (n.) A game in which the players catch raisins out burning brandy, and swallow them blazing..
Laurestine :: Laurestine (n.) The Viburnum Tinus, an evergreen shrub or tree of the south of Europe, which flowers during the winter mouths..
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