1) A clap. The blowen tipped the swell a burner; the girl gave the gentleman a clap.
2) He is no burner of navigable rivers; i.e. he is no conjuror, or man of extraordinary abilities; or rather, he is, but a simple fellow.
See thames.
·noun One who, or that which, burns or sets fire to anything. II. Burner ·noun The part of a lamp, ...
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·noun A furnace or stove in which the fuel is contained in a hopper or chamber, and is fed to the fi...
·- A burner consisting of two or more concentric Argand burners (the inner rising above the outer) a...
·- ·see under Battery, and Burner. ...
·add. ·- A gas burner with a device for lighting by an electric spark. ...
·noun The jet piece of a gas fixture where the gas is burned as it escapes from one or more minute o...
·noun A circle or cluster of gas-burners for lighting and ventilating public buildings. ...