Definition of burn

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Burn (v. t.) To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize; as, a man burns a certain amount of carbon at each respiration; to burn iron in oxygen..

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Burnstickle :: Burnstickle (n.) A stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus).
Inustion :: Inustion (n.) The act of burning or branding.
Gas :: Gas (n.) A complex mixture of gases, of which the most important constituents are marsh gas, olefiant gas, and hydrogen, artificially produced by the destructive distillation of gas coal, or sometimes of peat, wood, oil, resin, etc. It gives a brilliant light when burned, and is the common gas used for illuminating purposes..
Touch-paper :: Touch-paper (n.) Paper steeped in saltpeter, which burns slowly, and is used as a match for firing gunpowder, and the like..
Gassing :: Gassing (n.) The process of passing cotton goods between two rollers and exposing them to numerous minute jets of gas to burn off the small fibers; any similar process of singeing.
Breeze :: Breeze (n.) Refuse left in the process of making coke or burning charcoal.
Caburn :: Caburn (n.) A small line made of spun yarn, to bind or worm cables, seize tackles, etc..
Singe :: Singe (v. t.) To burn slightly or superficially; to burn the surface of; to burn the ends or outside of; as, to singe the hair or the skin..
Laburnine :: Laburnine (n.) A poisonous alkaloid found in the unripe seeds of the laburnum.
Inburnt :: Inburnt (a.) Burnt in; ineffaceable.
Smoulder :: Smoulder (v. i.) To exist in a state of suppressed or smothered activity; to burn inwardly; as, a smoldering feud..
Combustion :: Combustion (n.) The state of burning.
Flagrancy :: Flagrancy (n.) A burning; great heat; inflammation.
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..
Snapdragon :: Snapdragon (n.) A play in which raisins are snatched from a vessel containing burning brandy, and eaten; also, that which is so eaten. See Flapdragon..
Heartburning :: Heartburning (n.) Discontent; secret enmity.
Burnettizing :: Burnettizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Burnettiz.
Whitten Tree :: Whitten tree () Either of two shrubs (Viburnum Lantana, and V. Opulus), so called on account of their whitish branches..
Burned :: Burned (p. p. & a.) See Burnt.
Roast :: Roast (v. t.) Hence, to heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn..
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