Definition of burn

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Burn (v. i.) To combine energetically, with evolution of heat; as, copper burns in chlorine..

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Teend :: Teend (v. t. & i.) To kindle; to burn.
Incense :: Incense (n.) The perfume or odors exhaled from spices and gums when burned in celebrating religious rites or as an offering to some deity.
Enchafing :: Enchafing (n.) Heating; burning.
Conflagrant :: Conflagrant (a.) Burning together in a common flame.
Inburnt :: Inburnt (a.) Burnt in; ineffaceable.
Fireweed :: Fireweed (n.) An American plant (Erechthites hiercifolia), very troublesome in spots where brushwood has been burned..
Gatten Tree :: Gatten tree () A name given to the small trees called guelder-rose (Viburnum Opulus), cornel (Cornus sanguinea), and spindle tree (Euonymus Europaeus)..
Titanium :: Titanium (n.) An elementary substance found combined in the minerals manaccanite, rutile, sphene, etc., and isolated as an infusible iron-gray amorphous powder, having a metallic luster. It burns when heated in the air. Symbol Ti. Atomic weight 48.1..
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.
Clamp :: Clamp (n.) A mass of bricks heaped up to be burned; or of ore for roasting, or of coal for coking..
Gaslight :: Gaslight (n.) A gas jet or burner.
Still-closing :: Still-burn (p. pr. & vb. n.) To burn in the process of distillation; as, to still-burn brandy..
Ustion :: Ustion (n.) The act of burning, or the state of being burned..
Adustion :: Adustion (n.) The act of burning, or heating to dryness; the state of being thus heated or dried..
Scorch :: Scorch (v. t.) To burn superficially; to parch, or shrivel, the surface of, by heat; to subject to so much heat as changes color and texture without consuming; as, to scorch linen..
Exustion :: Exustion (n.) The act or operation of burning up.
Burn :: Burn (n.) A small stream.
Asphaltum :: Asphaltum (n.) Mineral pitch, Jews' pitch, or compact native bitumen. It is brittle, of a black or brown color and high luster on a surface of fracture; it melts and burns when heated, leaving no residue. It occurs on the surface and shores of the Dead Sea, which is therefore called Asphaltites, or the Asphaltic Lake. It is found also in many parts of Asia, Europe, and America. See Bitumen..
Snast :: Snast (v. t.) The snuff, or burnt wick, of a candle..
Smudge :: Smudge (n.) A heap of damp combustibles partially ignited and burning slowly, placed on the windward side of a house, tent, or the like, in order, by the thick smoke, to keep off mosquitoes or other insects..
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