Definition of burn

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

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Torrid :: Torrid (a.) Violenty hot; drying or scorching with heat; burning; parching.
Alburnous :: Alburnous (a.) Of or pertaining to alburnum; of the alburnum; as, alburnous substances..
Ablen :: Ablen () A small fresh-water fish (Leuciscus alburnus); the bleak.
Withe-rod :: Withe-rod (n.) A North American shrub (Viburnum nudum) whose tough osierlike shoots are sometimes used for binding sheaves.
Auburn :: Auburn (a.) Flaxen-colored.
Burning :: Burning (n.) The act of consuming by fire or heat, or of subjecting to the effect of fire or heat; the state of being on fire or excessively heated..
Holocaust :: Holocaust (n.) A burnt sacrifice; an offering, the whole of which was consumed by fire, among the Jews and some pagan nations..
Bunsen''s Burner :: Bunsen's burner () See under Battery, and Burner..
Agate :: Agate (n.) A tool used by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc.; -- so called from the agate fixed in it for burnishing..
Toft :: Toft (n.) A place where a messuage has once stood; the site of a burnt or decayed house.
Bourne :: Bourne (v.) A stream or rivulet; a burn.
Stibious :: Stibine (n.) Antimony hydride, or hydrogen antimonide, a colorless gas produced by the action of nascent hydrogen on antimony. It has a characteristic odor and burns with a characteristic greenish flame. Formerly called also antimoniureted hydrogen..
Heartwood :: Heartwood (n.) The hard, central part of the trunk of a tree, consisting of the old and matured wood, and usually differing in color from the outer layers. It is technically known as duramen, and distinguished from the softer sapwood or alburnum..
Inustion :: Inustion (n.) The act of burning or branding.
Pyre :: Pyre (n.) A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which the dead are burned; hence, any pile to be burnt..
Adust :: Adust (a.) Looking as if or scorched; sunburnt.
Frankincense :: Frankincense (n.) A fragrant, aromatic resin, or gum resin, burned as an incense in religious rites or for medicinal fumigation. The best kinds now come from East Indian trees, of the genus Boswellia; a commoner sort, from the Norway spruce (Abies excelsa) and other coniferous trees. The frankincense of the ancient Jews is still unidentified..
Snuff :: Snuff (v. t.) The part of a candle wick charred by the flame, whether burning or not..
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..
Scorching :: Scorching (a.) Burning; parching or shriveling with heat.
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