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  • English Word Burn Definition A hurt, injury, or effect caused by fire or excessive or intense heat.
  • English Word Burn Definition The operation or result of burning or baking, as in brickmaking; as, they have a good burn.
  • English Word Burn Definition A disease in vegetables. See Brand, n., 6.
  • English Word Burn Definition A small stream.
  • English Word Burnable Definition Combustible.
  • English Word Burned Definition of Burn
  • English Word Burned Definition See Burnt.
  • English Word Burned Definition Burnished.
  • English Word Burner Definition One who, or that which, burns or sets fire to anything.
  • English Word Burner Definition The part of a lamp, gas fixture, etc., where the flame is produced.
  • English Word Burnet Definition A genus of perennial herbs (Poterium); especially, P.Sanguisorba, the common, or garden, burnet.
  • English Word Burnettize Definition To subject (wood, fabrics, etc.) to a process of saturation in a solution of chloride of zinc, to prevent decay; -- a process invented by Sir William Burnett.
  • English Word Burnettized Definition of Burnettize
  • English Word Burnettizing Definition of Burnettize
  • English Word Burnie Definition A small brook.
  • English Word Burniebee Definition The ladybird.
  • English Word Burning Definition of Burn
  • English Word Burning Definition That burns; being on fire; excessively hot; fiery.
  • English Word Burning Definition Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement; powerful; as, burning zeal.
  • English Word Burning Definition 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.
  • English Word Burnish Definition To cause to shine; to make smooth and bright; to polish; specifically, to polish by rubbing with something hard and smooth; as, to burnish brass or paper.
  • English Word Burnish Definition To shine forth; to brighten; to become smooth and glossy, as from swelling or filling out; hence, to grow large.
  • English Word Burnish Definition The effect of burnishing; gloss; brightness; luster.
  • English Word Burnished Definition of Burnish
  • English Word Burnisher Definition One who burnishes.
  • English Word Burnisher Definition A tool with a hard, smooth, rounded end or surface, as of steel, ivory, or agate, used in smoothing or polishing by rubbing. It has a variety of forms adapted to special uses.
  • English Word Burnishing Definition of Burnish
  • English Word Burnoose Definition Alt. of Burnous
  • English Word Burnous Definition A cloaklike garment and hood woven in one piece, worn by Arabs.
  • English Word Burnous Definition A combination cloak and hood worn by women.