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burning
(mass) | burning
- horúci |
burning
(encz) | burning,horký adj: Zdeněk Brož |
burning
(encz) | burning,hoření n: Zdeněk Brož |
burning
(encz) | burning,hořící adj: Zdeněk Brož |
burning
(encz) | burning,palčivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
burning
(encz) | burning,pálení n: Zdeněk Brož |
burning
(encz) | burning,pálivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
burning
(encz) | burning,planoucí adj: Zdeněk Brož |
burning
(encz) | burning,spalování n: Zdeněk Brož |
burning
(encz) | burning,vášnivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
burning
(encz) | burning,vzplanutí n: Zdeněk Brož |
burning
(encz) | burning,žhavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Burning
(gcide) | Burn \Burn\ (b[^u]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Burned (b[^u]rnd)
or Burnt (b[^u]rnt); p. pr. & vb. n. Burning.] [OE.
bernen, brennen, v. t., early confused with beornen, birnen,
v. i., AS. b[ae]rnan, bernan, v. t., birnan, v. i.; akin to
OS. brinnan, OFries. barna, berna, OHG. brinnan, brennan, G.
brennen, OD. bernen, D. branden, Dan. br[ae]nde, Sw.
br[aum]nna, brinna, Icel. brenna, Goth. brinnan, brannjan (in
comp.), and possibly to E. fervent.]
1. To consume with fire; to reduce to ashes by the action of
heat or fire; -- frequently intensified by up: as, to burn
up wood. "We'll burn his body in the holy place." --Shak.
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2. To injure by fire or heat; to change destructively some
property or properties of, by undue exposure to fire or
heat; to scorch; to scald; to blister; to singe; to char;
to sear; as, to burn steel in forging; to burn one's face
in the sun; the sun burns the grass.
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3. To perfect or improve by fire or heat; to submit to the
action of fire or heat for some economic purpose; to
destroy or change some property or properties of, by
exposure to fire or heat in due degree for obtaining a
desired residuum, product, or effect; to bake; as, to burn
clay in making bricks or pottery; to burn wood so as to
produce charcoal; to burn limestone for the lime.
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4. To make or produce, as an effect or result, by the
application of fire or heat; as, to burn a hole; to burn
charcoal; to burn letters into a block.
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5. To consume, injure, or change the condition of, as if by
action of fire or heat; to affect as fire or heat does;
as, to burn the mouth with pepper.
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This tyrant fever burns me up. --Shak.
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This dry sorrow burns up all my tears. --Dryden.
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When the cold north wind bloweth, . . . it devoureth
the mountains, and burneth the wilderness, and
consumeth the ??ass as fire. --Ecclus.
xliii. 20, 21.
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6. (Surg.) To apply a cautery to; to cauterize.
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7. (Chem.) 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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To burn, To burn together, as two surfaces of metal
(Engin.), to fuse and unite them by pouring over them a
quantity of the same metal in a liquid state.
To burn a bowl (Game of Bowls), to displace it
accidentally, the bowl so displaced being said to be
burned.
To burn daylight, to light candles before it is dark; to
waste time; to perform superfluous actions. --Shak.
To burn one's fingers, to get one's self into unexpected
trouble, as by interfering the concerns of others,
speculation, etc.
To burn out,
(a) to destroy or obliterate by burning. "Must you with
hot irons burn out mine eyes?" --Shak.
(b) to force (people) to flee by burning their homes or
places of business; as, the rioters burned out the
Chinese businessmen.
To be burned out, to suffer loss by fire, as the burning of
one's house, store, or shop, with the contents.
To burn up, To burn down, to burn entirely.
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Burning
(gcide) | Burning \Burn"ing\, a.
1. That burns; being on fire; excessively hot; fiery.
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2. Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement;
powerful; as, burning zeal.
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Like a young hound upon a burning scent. --Dryden.
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Burning bush (Bot.), an ornamental shrub ({Euonymus
atropurpureus}), bearing a crimson berry.
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Burning
(gcide) | Burning \Burn"ing\, 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.
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Burning fluid, any volatile illuminating oil, as the
lighter petroleums (naphtha, benzine), or oil of
turpentine (camphine), but esp. a mixture of the latter
with alcohol.
Burning glass, a convex lens of considerable size, used for
producing an intense heat by converging the sun's rays to
a focus.
Burning house (Metal.), the furnace in which tin ores are
calcined, to sublime the sulphur and arsenic from the
pyrites. --Weale.
Burning mirror, a concave mirror, or a combination of plane
mirrors, used for the same purpose as a burning glass.
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Syn: Combustion; fire; conflagration; flame; blaze.
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burning
(wn) | burning
adj 1: of immediate import; "burning issues of the day"
n 1: the act of burning something; "the burning of leaves was
prohibited by a town ordinance" [syn: burning,
combustion]
2: pain that feels hot as if it were on fire [syn: burn,
burning]
3: a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give
heat and light [syn: combustion, burning]
4: execution by electricity [syn: electrocution, burning]
5: execution by fire [syn: burning, burning at the stake]
6: a form of torture in which cigarettes or cigars or other hot
implements are used to burn the victim's skin |
BURNING
(bouvier) | BURNING. Vide Accident; Arson; Fire, accidental.
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burning
(mass) | burning
- horúci |
heartburning
(mass) | heartburning
- nenávisť |
burning
(encz) | burning,horký adj: Zdeněk Brožburning,hoření n: Zdeněk Brožburning,hořící adj: Zdeněk Brožburning,palčivý adj: Zdeněk Brožburning,pálení n: Zdeněk Brožburning,pálivý adj: Zdeněk Brožburning,planoucí adj: Zdeněk Brožburning,spalování n: Zdeněk Brožburning,vášnivý adj: Zdeněk Brožburning,vzplanutí n: Zdeněk Brožburning,žhavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
ears are burning
(encz) | ears are burning, |
free burning
(encz) | free burning, adj: |
heartburning
(encz) | heartburning,nenávist Zdeněk Brožheartburning,zášť Zdeněk Brož |
is burning
(encz) | is burning,hoří Zdeněk Brož |
the burning question
(encz) | the burning question, |
Burning
(gcide) | Burn \Burn\ (b[^u]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Burned (b[^u]rnd)
or Burnt (b[^u]rnt); p. pr. & vb. n. Burning.] [OE.
bernen, brennen, v. t., early confused with beornen, birnen,
v. i., AS. b[ae]rnan, bernan, v. t., birnan, v. i.; akin to
OS. brinnan, OFries. barna, berna, OHG. brinnan, brennan, G.
brennen, OD. bernen, D. branden, Dan. br[ae]nde, Sw.
br[aum]nna, brinna, Icel. brenna, Goth. brinnan, brannjan (in
comp.), and possibly to E. fervent.]
1. To consume with fire; to reduce to ashes by the action of
heat or fire; -- frequently intensified by up: as, to burn
up wood. "We'll burn his body in the holy place." --Shak.
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2. To injure by fire or heat; to change destructively some
property or properties of, by undue exposure to fire or
heat; to scorch; to scald; to blister; to singe; to char;
to sear; as, to burn steel in forging; to burn one's face
in the sun; the sun burns the grass.
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3. To perfect or improve by fire or heat; to submit to the
action of fire or heat for some economic purpose; to
destroy or change some property or properties of, by
exposure to fire or heat in due degree for obtaining a
desired residuum, product, or effect; to bake; as, to burn
clay in making bricks or pottery; to burn wood so as to
produce charcoal; to burn limestone for the lime.
[1913 Webster]
4. To make or produce, as an effect or result, by the
application of fire or heat; as, to burn a hole; to burn
charcoal; to burn letters into a block.
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5. To consume, injure, or change the condition of, as if by
action of fire or heat; to affect as fire or heat does;
as, to burn the mouth with pepper.
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This tyrant fever burns me up. --Shak.
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This dry sorrow burns up all my tears. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
When the cold north wind bloweth, . . . it devoureth
the mountains, and burneth the wilderness, and
consumeth the ??ass as fire. --Ecclus.
xliii. 20, 21.
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6. (Surg.) To apply a cautery to; to cauterize.
[1913 Webster]
7. (Chem.) 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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To burn, To burn together, as two surfaces of metal
(Engin.), to fuse and unite them by pouring over them a
quantity of the same metal in a liquid state.
To burn a bowl (Game of Bowls), to displace it
accidentally, the bowl so displaced being said to be
burned.
To burn daylight, to light candles before it is dark; to
waste time; to perform superfluous actions. --Shak.
To burn one's fingers, to get one's self into unexpected
trouble, as by interfering the concerns of others,
speculation, etc.
To burn out,
(a) to destroy or obliterate by burning. "Must you with
hot irons burn out mine eyes?" --Shak.
(b) to force (people) to flee by burning their homes or
places of business; as, the rioters burned out the
Chinese businessmen.
To be burned out, to suffer loss by fire, as the burning of
one's house, store, or shop, with the contents.
To burn up, To burn down, to burn entirely.
[1913 Webster]Burning \Burn"ing\, a.
1. That burns; being on fire; excessively hot; fiery.
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2. Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement;
powerful; as, burning zeal.
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Like a young hound upon a burning scent. --Dryden.
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Burning bush (Bot.), an ornamental shrub ({Euonymus
atropurpureus}), bearing a crimson berry.
[1913 Webster]Burning \Burn"ing\, 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.
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Burning fluid, any volatile illuminating oil, as the
lighter petroleums (naphtha, benzine), or oil of
turpentine (camphine), but esp. a mixture of the latter
with alcohol.
Burning glass, a convex lens of considerable size, used for
producing an intense heat by converging the sun's rays to
a focus.
Burning house (Metal.), the furnace in which tin ores are
calcined, to sublime the sulphur and arsenic from the
pyrites. --Weale.
Burning mirror, a concave mirror, or a combination of plane
mirrors, used for the same purpose as a burning glass.
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Syn: Combustion; fire; conflagration; flame; blaze.
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burning bush
(gcide) | Wahoo \Wa*hoo"\, n.
Any of various American trees or shrubs; specif.:
(a) A certain shrub (Evonymus atropurpureus) having purple
capsules which in dehiscence expose the scarlet-ariled
seeds; -- called also burning bush.
(b) Cascara buckthorn.
(c) Basswood.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Burning \Burn"ing\, a.
1. That burns; being on fire; excessively hot; fiery.
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2. Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement;
powerful; as, burning zeal.
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Like a young hound upon a burning scent. --Dryden.
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Burning bush (Bot.), an ornamental shrub ({Euonymus
atropurpureus}), bearing a crimson berry.
[1913 Webster]firebush \firebush\ n.
1. An evergreen South American shrub *{Streptosolen
jamesonii}) having showy trumpet-shaped orange flowers;
grown as an ornamental or houseplant.
Syn: marmalade bush, Streptosolen jamesonii.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. A densely branched Eurasian plant (Bassia scoparia)
whose foliage turns purple-red in autumn; also called
burning bush.
Syn: summer cypress, burning bush, belvedere, {Bassia
scoparia}, Kochia scoparia.
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Burning bush
(gcide) | Wahoo \Wa*hoo"\, n.
Any of various American trees or shrubs; specif.:
(a) A certain shrub (Evonymus atropurpureus) having purple
capsules which in dehiscence expose the scarlet-ariled
seeds; -- called also burning bush.
(b) Cascara buckthorn.
(c) Basswood.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Burning \Burn"ing\, a.
1. That burns; being on fire; excessively hot; fiery.
[1913 Webster]
2. Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement;
powerful; as, burning zeal.
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Like a young hound upon a burning scent. --Dryden.
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Burning bush (Bot.), an ornamental shrub ({Euonymus
atropurpureus}), bearing a crimson berry.
[1913 Webster]firebush \firebush\ n.
1. An evergreen South American shrub *{Streptosolen
jamesonii}) having showy trumpet-shaped orange flowers;
grown as an ornamental or houseplant.
Syn: marmalade bush, Streptosolen jamesonii.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. A densely branched Eurasian plant (Bassia scoparia)
whose foliage turns purple-red in autumn; also called
burning bush.
Syn: summer cypress, burning bush, belvedere, {Bassia
scoparia}, Kochia scoparia.
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burning bush
(gcide) | Wahoo \Wa*hoo"\, n.
Any of various American trees or shrubs; specif.:
(a) A certain shrub (Evonymus atropurpureus) having purple
capsules which in dehiscence expose the scarlet-ariled
seeds; -- called also burning bush.
(b) Cascara buckthorn.
(c) Basswood.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Burning \Burn"ing\, a.
1. That burns; being on fire; excessively hot; fiery.
[1913 Webster]
2. Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement;
powerful; as, burning zeal.
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Like a young hound upon a burning scent. --Dryden.
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Burning bush (Bot.), an ornamental shrub ({Euonymus
atropurpureus}), bearing a crimson berry.
[1913 Webster]firebush \firebush\ n.
1. An evergreen South American shrub *{Streptosolen
jamesonii}) having showy trumpet-shaped orange flowers;
grown as an ornamental or houseplant.
Syn: marmalade bush, Streptosolen jamesonii.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. A densely branched Eurasian plant (Bassia scoparia)
whose foliage turns purple-red in autumn; also called
burning bush.
Syn: summer cypress, burning bush, belvedere, {Bassia
scoparia}, Kochia scoparia.
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Burning fluid
(gcide) | Fluid \Flu"id\, n.
A fluid substance; a body whose particles move easily among
themselves.
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Note: Fluid is a generic term, including liquids and gases as
species. Water, air, and steam are fluids. By analogy,
the term was sometimes applied to electricity and
magnetism, as in phrases electric fluid, magnetic
fluid, though not strictly appropriate; such usage has
disappeared.
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Fluid dram, or Fluid drachm, a measure of capacity equal
to one eighth of a fluid ounce.
Fluid ounce.
(a) In the United States, a measure of capacity, in
apothecaries' or wine measure, equal to one sixteenth of
a pint or 29.57 cubic centimeters. This, for water, is
about 1.04158 ounces avoirdupois, or 455.6 grains.
(b) In England, a measure of capacity equal to the twentieth
part of an imperial pint. For water, this is the weight
of the avoirdupois ounce, or 437.5 grains.
Fluids of the body. (Physiol.) The circulating blood and
lymph, the chyle, the gastric, pancreatic, and intestinal
juices, the saliva, bile, urine, aqueous humor, and muscle
serum are the more important fluids of the body. The
tissues themselves contain a large amount of combined
water, so much, that an entire human body dried in vacuo
with a very moderate degree of heat gives about 66 per
cent of water.
Burning fluid, Elastic fluid, Electric fluid, {Magnetic
fluid}, etc. See under Burning, Elastic, etc.
[1913 Webster]Burning \Burn"ing\, 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.
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Burning fluid, any volatile illuminating oil, as the
lighter petroleums (naphtha, benzine), or oil of
turpentine (camphine), but esp. a mixture of the latter
with alcohol.
Burning glass, a convex lens of considerable size, used for
producing an intense heat by converging the sun's rays to
a focus.
Burning house (Metal.), the furnace in which tin ores are
calcined, to sublime the sulphur and arsenic from the
pyrites. --Weale.
Burning mirror, a concave mirror, or a combination of plane
mirrors, used for the same purpose as a burning glass.
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Syn: Combustion; fire; conflagration; flame; blaze.
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Burning glass
(gcide) | Burning \Burn"ing\, 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.
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Burning fluid, any volatile illuminating oil, as the
lighter petroleums (naphtha, benzine), or oil of
turpentine (camphine), but esp. a mixture of the latter
with alcohol.
Burning glass, a convex lens of considerable size, used for
producing an intense heat by converging the sun's rays to
a focus.
Burning house (Metal.), the furnace in which tin ores are
calcined, to sublime the sulphur and arsenic from the
pyrites. --Weale.
Burning mirror, a concave mirror, or a combination of plane
mirrors, used for the same purpose as a burning glass.
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Syn: Combustion; fire; conflagration; flame; blaze.
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Burning house
(gcide) | Burning \Burn"ing\, 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.
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Burning fluid, any volatile illuminating oil, as the
lighter petroleums (naphtha, benzine), or oil of
turpentine (camphine), but esp. a mixture of the latter
with alcohol.
Burning glass, a convex lens of considerable size, used for
producing an intense heat by converging the sun's rays to
a focus.
Burning house (Metal.), the furnace in which tin ores are
calcined, to sublime the sulphur and arsenic from the
pyrites. --Weale.
Burning mirror, a concave mirror, or a combination of plane
mirrors, used for the same purpose as a burning glass.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Combustion; fire; conflagration; flame; blaze.
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Burning mirror
(gcide) | Burning \Burn"ing\, 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.
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Burning fluid, any volatile illuminating oil, as the
lighter petroleums (naphtha, benzine), or oil of
turpentine (camphine), but esp. a mixture of the latter
with alcohol.
Burning glass, a convex lens of considerable size, used for
producing an intense heat by converging the sun's rays to
a focus.
Burning house (Metal.), the furnace in which tin ores are
calcined, to sublime the sulphur and arsenic from the
pyrites. --Weale.
Burning mirror, a concave mirror, or a combination of plane
mirrors, used for the same purpose as a burning glass.
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Syn: Combustion; fire; conflagration; flame; blaze.
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burning mountain
(gcide) | Volcano \Vol*ca"no\, n.; pl. Volcanoes. [It. volcano, vulcano,
fr. L. Vulcanus Vulkan, the god of fire. See Vulkan.]
(Geol.)
A mountain or hill, usually more or less conical in form,
from which lava, cinders, steam, sulphur gases, and the like,
are ejected; -- often popularly called a burning mountain.
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Note: Volcanoes include many of the most conspicuous and
lofty mountains of the earth, as Mt. Vesuvius in Italy
(4,000 ft. high), Mt. Loa in Hawaii (14,000 ft.),
Cotopaxi in South America (nearly 20,000 ft.), which
are examples of active volcanoes. The crater of a
volcano is usually a pit-shaped cavity, often of great
size. The summit crater of Mt. Loa has a maximum length
of 13,000 ft., and a depth of nearly 800 feet. Beside
the chief crater, a volcano may have a number of
subordinate craters.
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free-burning
(gcide) | free-burning \free-burning\ adj.
burning in a continuous manner; -- of an electric arc; as,
heat transfer to the anode in free-burning arcs.
Syn: free burning, sustained.
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Heartburning
(gcide) | Heartburning \Heart"burn`ing\ (-b[^u]rn`[i^]ng), a.
Causing discontent.
[1913 Webster]Heartburning \Heart"burn`ing\, n.
1. (Med.) Same as Heartburn.
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2. Discontent; secret enmity. --Swift.
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The transaction did not fail to leave heartburnings.
--Palfrey.
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Inburning
(gcide) | Inburning \In"burn`ing\, a.
Burning within.
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Her inburning wrath she gan abate. --Spenser.
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Sunburning
(gcide) | Sunburning \Sun"burn`ing\, n.
Sunburn; tan. --Boyle.
[1913 Webster]Sunburn \Sun"burn`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sunburnedor
Sunburnt; p. pr. & vb. n. Sunburning.]
To burn or discolor by the sun; to tan.
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Sunburnt and swarthy though she be. --Dryden.
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Unburning
(gcide) | Unburning \Unburning\
See burning. |
wood burning
(gcide) | Pyrography \Py*rog"ra*phy\, n. [Pyro- + -graphy.]
A process of printing, ornamenting, or carving, by burning
with heated instruments. One variant is wood burning.
[1913 Webster +PJC]Xylopyrography \Xy`lo*py*rog"ra*phy\ n. [Xylo- + Gr. ?, ?, fire
+ -graphy.]
The art or practice of burning pictures on wood with a hot
iron; -- called also wood burning and poker painting. See
Poker picture, under Poker.
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burning
(wn) | burning
adj 1: of immediate import; "burning issues of the day"
n 1: the act of burning something; "the burning of leaves was
prohibited by a town ordinance" [syn: burning,
combustion]
2: pain that feels hot as if it were on fire [syn: burn,
burning]
3: a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give
heat and light [syn: combustion, burning]
4: execution by electricity [syn: electrocution, burning]
5: execution by fire [syn: burning, burning at the stake]
6: a form of torture in which cigarettes or cigars or other hot
implements are used to burn the victim's skin |
burning at the stake
(wn) | burning at the stake
n 1: execution by fire [syn: burning, burning at the stake] |
burning bush
(wn) | burning bush
n 1: (Old Testament) the bush that burned without being consumed
and from which God spoke to Moses
2: deciduous shrub having purple capsules enclosing scarlet
seeds [syn: wahoo, burning bush, {Euonymus
atropurpureus}]
3: Eurasian perennial herb with white flowers that emit
flammable vapor in hot weather [syn: fraxinella, dittany,
burning bush, gas plant, Dictamnus alba]
4: densely branched Eurasian plant; foliage turns purple-red in
autumn [syn: summer cypress, burning bush, fire bush,
fire-bush, belvedere, Bassia scoparia, {Kochia
scoparia}] |
clean-burning
(wn) | clean-burning
adj 1: leaving little contamination while consuming fuel;
"natural gas is a clean-burning fuel" |
coal-burning
(wn) | coal-burning
adj 1: fueled by burning coal; "a coal-fired ship" [syn: {coal-
fired}, coal-burning] |
free burning
(wn) | free burning
adj 1: (of an electric arc) continuous; "heat transfer to the
anode in free burning arcs" [syn: free burning,
sustained] |
heartburning
(wn) | heartburning
n 1: intense resentment; "his promotion caused much heartburning
among his rivals" |
wood-burning
(wn) | wood-burning
adj 1: fueled by wood; "a wood-burning stove' [syn: {wood-
fired}, wood-burning] |
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