Definition of burn

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Burn (v. i.) To combine energetically, with evolution of heat; as, copper burns in chlorine..

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Incremable :: Incremable (a.) Incapable of being burnt; incombustibe.
Burn :: 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..
Picking :: Picking (n.) Overburned bricks.
Titanium :: Titanium (n.) An elementary substance found combined in the minerals manaccanite, rutile, sphene, etc., and isolated as an infusible iron-gray amorphous powder, having a metallic luster. It burns when heated in the air. Symbol Ti. Atomic weight 48.1..
Fervent :: Fervent (a.) Hot; glowing; boiling; burning; as, a fervent summer..
Tip :: Tip (n.) An end piece or part; a piece, as a cap, nozzle, ferrule, or point, applied to the extreme end of anything; as, a tip for an umbrella, a shoe, a gas burner, etc..
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.
Pit :: Pit (n.) A large hole in the ground from which material is dug or quarried; as, a stone pit; a gravel pit; or in which material is made by burning; as, a lime pit; a charcoal pit..
Limekiln :: Limekiln (n.) A kiln or furnace in which limestone or shells are burned and reduced to lime.
Camphine :: Camphine (n.) Rectified oil of turpentine, used for burning in lamps, and as a common solvent in varnishes..
Ablen :: Ablen () A small fresh-water fish (Leuciscus alburnus); the bleak.
Fizz :: Fizz (v. i.) To make a hissing sound, as a burning fuse..
Combustible :: Combustible (n.) A substance that may be set on fire, or which is liable to take fire and burn..
Eburnation :: Eburnation (n.) A condition of bone cartilage occurring in certain diseases of these tissues, in which they acquire an unnatural density, and come to resemble ivory..
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..
Burnettizing :: Burnettizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Burnettiz.
Burning :: Burning (n.) The act of consuming by fire or heat, or of subjecting to the effect of fire or heat; the state of being on fire or excessively heated..
Incombustible :: Incombustible (a.) Not combustible; not capable of being burned, decomposed, or consumed by fire; uninflammable; as, asbestus is an incombustible substance; carbon dioxide is an incombustible gas..
Fire-fanged :: Fire-fanged (a.) Injured as by fire; burned; -- said of manure which has lost its goodness and acquired an ashy hue in consequence of heat generated by decomposition.
Alburnum :: Alburnum (n.) The white and softer part of wood, between the inner bark and the hard wood or duramen; sapwood..
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