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Definition of burn

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Burn (v. i.) To have a condition, quality, appearance, sensation, or emotion, as if on fire or excessively heated; to act or rage with destructive violence; to be in a state of lively emotion or strong desire; as, the face burns; to burn with fever..

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Crisp :: Crisp (n.) That which is crisp or brittle; the state of being crisp or brittle; as, burned to a crisp; specifically, the rind of roasted pork; crackling..

Downcome :: Downcome (n.) A pipe for leading combustible gases downward from the top of the blast furnace to the hot-blast stoves, boilers, etc., where they are burned..

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..

Cauterize :: Cauterize (v. t.) To burn or sear with a cautery or caustic.

Burn :: Burn (v. t.) To apply a cautery to; to cauterize.

Ardent :: Ardent (a.) Hot or burning; causing a sensation of burning; fiery; as, ardent spirits, that is, distilled liquors; an ardent fever..

Combust :: Combust (a.) Burnt; consumed.

Burnettize :: Burnettize (v. t.) To subject (wood, fabrics, etc.) to a process of saturation in a solution of chloride of zinc, to prevent decay; -- a process invented by Sir William Burnett..

Deflagration :: Deflagration (n.) A burning up; conflagration.

Bourne :: Bourne (v.) A stream or rivulet; a burn.

Ambustion :: Ambustion (n.) A burn or scald.

Scorching :: Scorching (a.) Burning; parching or shriveling with heat.

Flagrate :: Flagrate (v. t.) To burn.

Fizz :: Fizz (v. i.) To make a hissing sound, as a burning fuse..

Eburnean :: Eburnean (a.) Made of or relating to ivory.

Glass :: Glass (v. t.) To smooth or polish anything, as leater, by rubbing it with a glass burnisher..

Dehorn :: Dehorn (v. t.) To deprive of horns; to prevent the growth of the horns of (cattle) by burning their ends soon after they start. See Dishorn.

Laurestine :: Laurestine (n.) The Viburnum Tinus, an evergreen shrub or tree of the south of Europe, which flowers during the winter mouths..

Sap :: Sap (n.) The sapwood, or alburnum, of a tree..

Inustion :: Inustion (n.) The act of burning or branding.