Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of burning or searing.
- noun In metallurgy, the operation of expelling one substance from another by heat, as sulphur and arsenic from ores in a muffle.
- noun In pharmacy: The roasting or drying of moist substances so as to prepare them for pulverizing.
- noun The burning of wine.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare The act of burning or searing.
- noun (Old Chem.) The operation of expelling one substance from another by heat, as sulphur or arsenic from ores, in a muffle.
- noun The roasting or drying of moist substances so as prepare them for pulverizing.
- noun The burning of wine.
- noun obsolete Lascivious passion; concupiscence.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the action or fact of
burning , especiallyroasting
Etymologies
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Latin ustulare ‘burn, scorch, sear’, from ust- past participle stem of urere ‘burn’.
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