2. To expel the volatile parts and reduce to charcoal by fire as, to burn wood into coal. Hence, in popular language, to burn a kiln of wood, is to char the wood.

3. To cleanse of soot by burning to inflame as, to burn a chimney an extensive use of the word.

4. To harden in the fire to bake or harden by heat as, to burn bricks or a brick kiln.

5. To scorch to affect by heat as, to burn the clothes or the legs by the fire to burn meat or bread in cookery.

6. To injure by fire to affect the flesh by heat.

7. To dry up or dissipate with up as, to burn up tears.

8. To dry excessively to cause to wither by heat as,the sun burns the grass or plants.

9. To heat or inflame to affect with excessive stimulus as, ardent spirits burn the stomach.

10. To affect with heat in cookery, so as to give the food a disagreeable taste. Hence the phrase burnt to.

11. To calcine with heat or fire to expel the volatile matter from substances, so that they are easily pulverized as, to burn oyster shells, or lime-stone.

12. To affect with excess of heat as, the fever burns a patient.

13. To subject to the action of fire to heat or dry as, to burn colors.

To burn up, to consume entirely by fire.

To burn out, to burn till the fuel is all consumed.

BURN, To be on fire to flame as, the mount burned with fire.

1. To shine to sparkle.

O prince! O wherefore burn your eyes?

2. To be inflamed with passion or desire as, to burn with anger or love.

3. To act with destructive violence, as fire.

Shall thy wrath burn like fire?

4. To be in commotion to rage with destructive violence.

The groan still deepens and the combat burns.

5. To be heated to be in a glow as, the face burns.

6. To be affected with a sensation of heat, pain or acidity as, the heart burns.

7. To feel excess of heat as, the flesh burns by a fire a patient burns with a fever.

To burn out, to burn till the fuel is exhausted and the fire ceases.

BURN, n. A hurt or injury of the flesh caused by the action of fire.

1. The operation of burning or baking, as in brickmaking as, they have a good burn.

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Entry for 'Burn'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/b/burn.html.

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