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<p><b>2.</b> <def>The part of a lamp, gas fixture, etc., where the flame is produced.</def>

<cs><col>Bunsen's burner</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>a kind of burner, invented by Professor <i>Bunsen<i> of Heidelberg, consisting of a straight tube, four or five inches in length, having small holes for the entrance of air at the bottom. Illuminating gas being also admitted at the bottom, a mixture of gas and air is formed which burns at the top with a feebly luminous but intensely hot flame.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Argand burner</col>, <col>Rose burner</col></mcol>, <cd>etc. See under <er>Argand</er>, <er>Rose</er>, etc.</cd></cs>

<h1>Burnet</h1> <Xpage=194>

<hw>Bur"net</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>burnet</ets> burnet; also, brownish (the plant perh. being named from its color), fr. F. <ets>brunet</ets>, dim. of <ets>brun</ets> brown; cf. OF. <ets>brunete</ets> a sort of flower. See <er>Brunette</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of perennial herbs (<spn>Poterium</spn>); especially, <i>P</i>.<i>Sanguisorba</i>, the common, or garden, burnet.</def>

<cs><col>Burnet moth</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>in England, a handsome moth (<spn>Zyg\'91na filipendula</spn>), with crimson spots on the wings.</cd> -- <col>Burnet saxifrage</col>. <cd><fld>(Bot.)</fld> See <er>Saxifrage</er>.</cd> -- <col>Canadian burnet</col>, <cd>a marsh plant (<spn>Poterium Canadensis</spn>).</cd> -- <mcol><col>Great burnet</col>, <col>Wild burnet</col></mcol>, <cd><spn>Poterium (or Sanguisorba) oficinalis</spn>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Burnettize</h1> <Xpage=194>

<hw>Bur"nett*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Burnettized</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n</tt>. <er>Burnettizing</er>.]</wordforms> <fld>(Manuf.)</fld> <def>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 <ets>Burnett</ets>.</def>

<h1>Burnie</h1> <Xpage=194>

<hw>Burn"ie</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See 4th <er>Burn</er>.]</ety> <def>A small brook.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<i>Burns.</i>

<h1>Burniebee</h1> <Xpage=194>

<hw>Bur"nie*bee`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The ladybird.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Burning</h1> <Xpage=194>

<hw>Burn"ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That burns; being on fire; excessively hot; fiery.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement; powerful; <as>as, <ex>burning</ex> zeal</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Like a young hound upon a <b>burning</b> scent. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Burning bush</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>an ornamental shrub (<spn>Euonymus atropurpureus</spn>), bearing a crimson berry.</cd></cs>

<h1>Burning</h1> <Xpage=194>

<hw>Burn"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>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.</def>

<cs><col>Burning fluid</col>, <cd>any volatile illuminating oil, as the lighter petroleums (naphtha, benzine), or oil of turpentine (camphine), but esp. a mixture of the latter with alcohol.</cd> -- <col>Burning glass</col>, <cd>a conxex lens of considerable size, used for producing an intense heat by converging the sun's rays to a focus.</cd> -- <col>Burning house</col> <fld>(Metal.)</fld>, <cd>the furnace in which tin ores are calcined, to sublime the sulphur and arsenic from the pyrites. <i>Weale<i>.</cd> -- <col>Burning mirror</col>, <cd>a concave mirror, or a combination of plane mirrors, used for the same purpose as a burning glass.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Combustion; fire; conflagration; flame; blaze.</syn>

<h1>Burnish</h1> <Xpage=194>

<hw>Bur"nish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Burnished</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Burnishing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>burnischen</ets>, <ets>burnissen</ets>, <ets>burnen</ets>, OF. <ets>burnir</ets>, <ets>brunir</ets>, to make brown, polish, F. <ets>brunir</ets>, fr. F. <ets>brun</ets> brown, fr. OHG. <ets>br<?/n</ets>; cf. MHG. <ets>briunen</ets> to make brown, polish. See <er>Brown</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <def>To cause to shine; to make smooth and bright; to polish; specifically, to polish by rubbing with something hard and smooth; <as>as, to <ex>burnish</ex> brass or paper</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The frame of <b>burnished</b> steel, that east a glare From far, and seemed to thaw the freezing air. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Now the village windows blaze, <b>Burnished</b> by the setting sun. <i>Cunningham.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Burnishing machine</col>, <cd>a machine for smoothing and polishing by compression, as in making paper collars.</cd></cs>

<h1>Burnish</h1> <Xpage=194>

<hw>Bur"nish</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To shine forth; to brighten; to become smooth and glossy, as from swelling or filling out; hence, to grow large.</def>