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Incense :: Incense (v. t.) To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle; to burn.

Incensory :: Incensory (n.) The vessel in which incense is burned and offered; a censer; a thurible.

Incense :: Incense (n.) The materials used for the purpose of producing a perfume when burned, as fragrant gums, spices, frankincense, etc..

Incensed :: Incensed (imp. & p. p.) of Incens.

Thuriferous :: Thuriferous (a.) Producing or bearing frankincense.

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..

Cense :: Cense (v. i.) To burn or scatter incense.

Altar :: Altar (n.) A raised structure (as a square or oblong erection of stone or wood) on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity.

Fume :: Fume (n.) The incense of praise; inordinate flattery.

Encense :: Encense (n.) To offer incense to or upon; to burn incense.

Thus :: Thus (n.) The commoner kind of frankincense, or that obtained from the Norway spruce, the long-leaved pine, and other conifers..

Pachak :: Pachak (n.) The fragrant roots of the Saussurea Costus, exported from India to China, and used for burning as incense. It is supposed to be the costus of the ancients..

Thurification :: Thurification (n.) The act of fuming with incense, or the act of burning incense..

Censer :: Censer (n.) A vessel for perfumes; esp. one in which incense is burned.

Provoke :: Provoke (v. t.) To call forth; to call into being or action; esp., to incense to action, a faculty or passion, as love, hate, or ambition; hence, commonly, to incite, as a person, to action by a challenge, by taunts, or by defiance; to exasperate; to irritate; to offend intolerably; to cause to retaliate..

Incensebreathing :: Incensebreathing (a.) Breathing or exhaling incense.

Sweet :: Sweet (superl.) Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense..

Onycha :: Onycha (n.) An ingredient of the Mosaic incense, probably the operculum of some kind of strombus..

Smoke :: Smoke (v. t.) To fill or scent with smoke; hence, to fill with incense; to perfume..

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..

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