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<h1>Combustible</h1> <Xpage=282>

<hw>Com*bus"ti*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>combustble</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Capable of taking fire and burning; apt to catch fire; inflammable.</def>

<blockquote>Sin is to the soul like fire to <b>combustible</b> matter. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Ea<?/ily kindled or excited; quick; fiery; irascible.</def>

<blockquote>Arnold was a <b>combustible</b> character. <i>W. Irving.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Combustible</h1> <Xpage=282>

<hw>Com*bus"ti*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A substance that may bee set on fire, or which is liable to take fire and burn.</def>

<blockquote>All such <b>combustibles</b> as are cheap enough for common use go under the name of fuel. <i>Ure.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Combustibleness</h1> <Xpage=282>

<hw>Com*bus"ti*ble*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Combustibility.</def>

<h1>Combustion</h1> <Xpage=282>

<hw>Com*bus"tion</hw> <tt>(?; 106)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>combustio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>combustion</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The state of burning.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>The combination of a combustible with a supporter of combustion, producing heat, and sometimes both light and heat.</def>

<blockquote><b>Combustion</b> results is common cases from the mutual chemical action and reaction of the combustible and the oxygen of the atmosphere, whereby a new compound is formed. <i>Ure.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Supporter of combustion</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>a gas as oxygen, the combination of which with a combustible, as coal, constitutes combustion.</cd></cs>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Violent agitation; confusion; tumult.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>There great <b>combustions</b> and divisions among the heads of the university. <i>Mede.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>But say from whence this new <b>combustion</b> springs. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Combustious</h1> <Xpage=282>

<hw>Com*bus"tious</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Inflammable.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Come</h1> <Xpage=282>

<hw>Come</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp.</tt> <er>Came</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. p.</tt> <er>Come</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr & vb. n.</tt> <er>Coming</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>cumen</ets>, <ets>comen</ets>, AS. <ets>cuman</ets>; akin to OS.<ets>kuman</ets>, D. <ets>komen</ets>, OHG. <ets>queman</ets>, G. <ets>kommen</ets>, Icel. <ets>koma</ets>, Sw. <ets>komma</ets>, Dan. <ets>komme</ets>, Goth. <ets>giman</ets>, L. <ets>venire</ets> (<ets>gvenire</ets>), Gr. <?/ to go, Skr. <ets>gam</ets>. \'fb23. Cf. <er>Base</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, <er>Convene</er>, <er>Adventure</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To move hitherward; to draw near; to approach the speaker, or some place or person indicated; -- opposed to <i>go</i>.</def>

<blockquote>Look, who <b>comes</b> yonder? <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I did not <b>come</b> to curse thee. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To complete a movement toward a place; to arrive.</def>

<blockquote>When we <b>came</b> to Rome. <i>Acts xxviii. 16.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Lately <b>come</b> from Italy. <i>Acts vviii. 2.</i></blockquote>