Word Meanings - DYSODILE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
An impure earthy or coaly bitumen, which emits a highly fetid odor when burning.
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- BURN
To apply a cautery to; to cauterize. (more info) birnen, v.i., AS. bærnan, bernan, v.t., birnan, v.i.; akin to OS. brinnan, OFries. barna, berna, OHG. brinnan, brennan, G. brennen, OD. bernen, D. branden, Dan. brænde, Sw. bränna, brinna, Icel. - BURNISHER
1. One who burnishes. 2. 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. - FETIDNESS
The quality or state of being fetid. - COALY
Pertaining to, or resembling, coal; containing coal; of the nature of coal. - BURNISH
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. The frame of burnished steel, that east a glare From far, and seemed to thaw the freezing - BURNIEBEE
The ladybird. - WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town. - HIGHLY
In a high manner, or to a high degree; very much; as, highly esteemed. - BURNET
A genus of perennial herbs ; especially, P.Sanguisorba, the common, or garden, burnet. Burnet moth , in England, a handsome moth , with crimson spots on the wings. -- Burnet saxifrage. See Saxifrage. -- Canadian burnet, a marsh plant . -- - WHICH
the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who. - BURNER
1. One who, or that which, burns or sets fire to anything. 2. The part of a lamp, gas fixture, etc., where the flame is produced. Bunsen's burner , a kind of burner, invented by Professor Bunsen of Heidelberg, consisting of a straight tube, four - IMPURE
Not purified according to the ceremonial law of Moses; unclean. (more info) 1. Not pure; not clean; dirty; foul; filthy; containing something which is unclean or unwholesome; mixed or impregnated extraneous substances; adulterated; as, impure water - BURNED
See BURNT - BITUMEN
1. Mineral pitch; a black, tarry substance, burning with a bright flame; Jew's pitch. It occurs as an abundant natural product in many places, as on the shores of the Dead and Caspian Seas. It is used in cements, in the construction of pavements, - BITUMEN PROCESS
Any process in which advantage is taken of the fact that prepared bitumen is rendered insoluble by exposure to light, as in photolithography. - FETID
Having an offensive smell; stinking. Most putrefactions . . . smell either fetid or moldy. Bacon. - BURNT
Consumed with, or as with, fire; scorched or dried, as with fire or heat; baked or hardened in the fire or the sun. Burnt ear, a black, powdery fungus which destroys grain. See Smut. -- Burnt offering, something offered and burnt on an altar, as - BURNABLE
Combustible. Cotgrave. - IMPURELY
In an impure manner. - BURNOOSE; BURNOUS
cf. F. bournous, burnous, Sp. al-bornoz, a sort of upper garment, 1. A cloaklike garment and hood woven in one piece, worn by Arabs. - OVERBURN
To burn too much; to be overzealous. - SUNBURNING
Sunburn; tan. Boyle. - BUNSEN'S BATTERY; BUNSEN'S BURNER
See BURNER - SUNBURN
To burn or discolor by the sun; to tan. Sunburnt and swarthy though she be. Dryden. - GAS-BURNER
The jet piece of a gas fixture where the gas is burned as it escapes from one or more minute orifices. - AUBURN
1. Flaxen-colored. Florio. 2. Reddish brown. His auburn locks on either shoulder flowed. Dryden. - LABURNUM
A small leguminous tree , native of the Alps. The plant is reputed to be poisonous, esp. the bark and seeds. It has handsome racemes of yellow blossoms. Note: Scotch laburnum is similar, but has smooth leaves; purple laburnum is C. purpureus. - ALBURNOUS
Of or pertaining to alburnum; of the alburnum; as, alburnous substances. - ASAFETIDA; ASAFOETIDA
The fetid gum resin or inspissated juice of a large umbelliferous plant of Persia and the East India. - OUTBURN
1. To exceed in burning. 2. To burn entirely; to be consumed. Shak.