| Burning | a. 1. That burns; being on fire; excessively hot; fiery. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement; powerful; as, burning zeal. [ 1913 Webster ] Like a young hound upon a burning scent. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
Burning bush (Bot.), an ornamental shrub (Euonymus atropurpureus), bearing a crimson berry. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Burning | 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ] |
