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BURN'ISHING, ppr. Polishing; making smooth and glossy.
BURN'ISHER, n. The person who polishes,or makes glossy. 1. An instrument used in...
BURN'ISHED, pp. Polished; made glossy.
BURN'ISH, v.t. To polish by friction; to make smooth, bright and glossy; as, to ...
BURNING-THORNY-PLANT. A species of Euphorbia or spurge.
BURN'ING-GLASS, n. [burn and glass.] A convex glass which, when exposed to the d...
BURN'ING, ppr. Consuming with fire; flaming; scorching; hardening by fire; calci...
BURNET-SAXIFRAGE, n. A plant, Pimpinella.
BURN'ET, n. A plant, Poterium or garden burnet.
BURN'ER, n. A person who burns or sets fire to any thing.
BURN'ED, BURNT, pp. Consumed with fire; scorched or dried with fire or heat; bak...
BURN'ABLE, a. That may be burnt. [Little used.] BURN'-COW or BURST'-COW , n. A g...
BURN, v.t. pret. and pp. burned or burnt. [L. pruna, and perhaps, furnus, fornaz...
BURL'Y, a. [The sense probably is swelled.] Great in size; bulky; timid; falsely...
BUR'LINESS,n. [See Burly .] Bulk; bluster.
BURLESQUE, BURLESQ'UER, BURLET'TA, n. A comic opera; a musical entertainment.