Definition of burn

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Burn (v. i.) In certain games, to approach near to a concealed object which is sought..

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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.
Incendiary :: Incendiary (a.) Of or pertaining to incendiarism, or the malicious burning of valuable property; as, incendiary material; as incendiary crime..
Thurible :: Thurible (n.) A censer of metal, for burning incense, having various forms, held in the hand or suspended by chains; -- used especially at mass, vespers, and other solemn services..
Hobblebush :: Hobblebush (n.) A low bush (Viburnum lantanoides) having long, straggling branches and handsome flowers. It is found in the Northern United States. Called also shinhopple..
Flagrancy :: Flagrancy (n.) A burning; great heat; inflammation.
Diacaustic :: Diacaustic (n.) That which burns by refraction, as a double convex lens, or the sun's rays concentrated by such a lens, sometimes used as a cautery..
Vell :: Vell (n.) To cut the turf from, as for burning..
Live :: Live (a.) Being in a state of ignition; burning; having active properties; as, a live coal; live embers..
Deflagration :: Deflagration (n.) A burning up; conflagration.
Frankfort Black :: Frankfort black () A black pigment used in copperplate printing, prepared by burning vine twigs, the lees of wine, etc..
Auburn :: Auburn (a.) Flaxen-colored.
Sunburn :: Sunburning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sunbur.
Lampblack :: Lampblack (n.) The fine impalpable soot obtained from the smoke of carbonaceous substances which have been only partly burnt, as in the flame of a smoking lamp. It consists of finely divided carbon, with sometimes a very small proportion of various impurities. It is used as an ingredient of printers' ink, and various black pigments and cements..
Calcigenous :: Calcigenous (a.) Tending to form, or to become, a calx or earthlike substance on being oxidized or burnt; as magnesium, calcium. etc..
Caburn :: Caburn (n.) A small line made of spun yarn, to bind or worm cables, seize tackles, etc..
Bleak :: Bleak (a.) A small European river fish (Leuciscus alburnus), of the family Cyprinidae; the blay..
Creosote :: Creosote (n.) Wood-tar oil; an oily antiseptic liquid, of a burning smoky taste, colorless when pure, but usually colored yellow or brown by impurity or exposure. It is a complex mixture of various phenols and their ethers, and is obtained by the distillation of wood tar, especially that of beechwood..
Anthracite :: Anthracite (n.) A hard, compact variety of mineral coal, of high luster, differing from bituminous coal in containing little or no bitumen, in consequence of which it burns with a nearly non luminous flame. The purer specimens consist almost wholly of carbon. Also called glance coal and blind coal..
Torrid :: Torrid (a.) Violenty hot; drying or scorching with heat; burning; parching.
Burnt :: Burnt (p. p. & a.) Consumed with, or as with, fire; scorched or dried, as with fire or heat; baked or hardened in the fire or the sun..
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