Burnt

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• Burnt offering

  Hebrew olah; i.e., "ascending," the whole being consumed by fire, and regarded as ascending to God w...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• burnt-stuff

  n. a geological term used by miners.See quotation. 1853. Mrs. Chas. Clancy, `Lady's Visit to Gold ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• Burnt Offering

  The word is applied to the offering which was wholly consumed by fire on the altar, and the whole of...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• burnt his fingers

  When a person has suffered loss by a speculation, he is said to have burnt his fingers. It is used i...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• mow-burnt hay

  hay that has fermented in the stack. York. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• Burnt in the Fire 1666.

  Not further identified. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Burnt Yard, Crutched Friars

  See French Horn Yard. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.