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

Bitumen :: Bitumen (n.) Mineral pitch; a black, tarry substance, burning with a bright flame; Jew's pitch. It occurs as an abundant natural product in many places, as on the shores of the Dead and Caspian Seas. It is used in cements, in the construction of pavements, etc. See Asphalt..

Girdle :: Girdle (v. t.) To make a cut or gnaw a groove around (a tree, etc.) through the bark and alburnum, thus killing it..

Aptitude :: Aptitude (n.) A natural or acquired disposition or capacity for a particular purpose, or tendency to a particular action or effect; as, oil has an aptitude to burn..

Burnish :: Burnish (n.) The effect of burnishing; gloss; brightness; luster.

Matted :: Matted (a.) Having a dull surface; unburnished; as, matted gold leaf or gilding..

Burnous :: Burnous (n.) A combination cloak and hood worn by women.

Fire :: Fire (n.) Torture by burning; severe trial or affliction.

Touch-paper :: Touch-paper (n.) Paper steeped in saltpeter, which burns slowly, and is used as a match for firing gunpowder, and the like..

Scorch :: Scorch (v. t.) To burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire..

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..

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.

Stinkpot :: Stinkpot (n.) A vessel in which disinfectants are burned.

Arrowwood :: Arrowwood (n.) A shrub (Viburnum dentatum) growing in damp woods and thickets; -- so called from the long, straight, slender shoots..

Sheepberry :: Sheepberry (n.) The edible fruit of a small North American tree of the genus Viburnum (V. Lentago), having white flowers in flat cymes; also, the tree itself. Called also nannyberry..

Incremation :: Incremation (n.) Burning; esp., the act of burning a dead body; cremation..

Live :: Live (a.) Being in a state of ignition; burning; having active properties; as, a live coal; live embers..

Incinerate :: Incinerate (v. t.) To burn to ashes; to consume; to burn.

Ustion :: Ustion (n.) The act of burning, or the state of being burned..

Bunsen''s Battery :: Bunsen's battery () Alt. of Bunsen's burne.

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