2. Glow, warm, be excited.
    3. Tingle, be hot, be feverish.

Burn, n. [Scotch.] Brook, rivulet, streamlet, runnel, runlet, rivulet, rill, beck, small stream.

Burning, a.

    1. Fiery, flaming, hot, scorching.
    2. Glowing, ardent, fervent, fervid, impassioned, intense, earnest.
    3. Vehement, powerful.
    4. Feverish, fevered, hot.

Burning-glass, n. Convex lens.

Burnish, v. a. Polish, furbish, brighten, make bright, make glossy, make glisten or glistening.

Burn one’s fingers. Get one’s self into trouble (as by meddling in the affairs of others, or by speculation), smart for it, get scorched.

Bursar, n.

    1. Treasurer, cashier (of a college or monastery
    2. Holder of a bursary.

Bursary, n.

    1. Treasury, pay-office.
    2. Prize, stipendiary reward or gift.

Burst, v. n.

    1. Break open (from internal pressure), fly open, be rent asunder, explode, blow up, split, split open, crack.
    2. Break (out or forth or upon) suddenly.

Burst, v. a. Rend asunder, break open, split apart.


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