Burn

·noun A small stream.

II. Burn ·noun A disease in vegetables. ·see Brand, ·noun, 6.

III. Burn ·vi To be of fire; to Flame.

IV. Burn ·vi To suffer from, or be scorched by, an excess of heat.

V. Burn ·vt To apply a cautery to; to Cauterize.

VI. Burn ·noun A hurt, injury, or effect caused by fire or excessive or intense heat.

VII. Burn ·vi In certain games, to approach near to a concealed object which is sought.

VIII. Burn ·vi To combine energetically, with evolution of heat; as, copper burns in chlorine.

IX. Burn ·noun The operation or result of burning or baking, as in brickmaking; as, they have a good burn.

X. Burn ·vt To consume with fire; to reduce to ashes by the action of heat or fire;

— frequently intensified by up: as, to burn up wood.

XI. Burn ·vt 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.

XII. Burn ·vt 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.

XIII. Burn ·vt 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.

XIV. Burn ·vi 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.

XV. Burn ·vt 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.

XVI. Burn ·vt 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.