*burne*

n. A furnace or stove in which the fuel is contained in a hopper or chamber, and is fed to the fire as the lower stratum is consumed. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ See Bude light. ] A burner consisting of two or more concentric Argand burners (the inner rising above the outer) and a central tube by which oxygen gas or common air is supplied. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Chem.), a kind of burner, invented by Professor Bunsen 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. & a. See Burnt. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. Burnished. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, burns or sets fire to anything. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The part of a lamp, gas fixture, etc., where the flame is produced. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bunsen's burner (Chem.), see Bunsen burner. --
Argand burner,
Rose burner, etc. See under Argand, Rose, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. burnet burnet; also, brownish (the plant perh. being named from its color), fr. F. brunet, dim. of brun brown; cf. OF. brunete a sort of flower. See Brunette. ] (Bot.) A genus of perennial herbs (Poterium); especially, Poterium Sanguisorba, the common, or garden, burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

Burnet moth (Zool.), in England, a handsome moth (Zygæna filipendula), with crimson spots on the wings. --
Burnet saxifrage. (Bot.) See Saxifrage. --
Canadian burnet, a marsh plant (Poterium Canadensis). --
Great burnet,
Wild burnet, Poterium oficinalis (or Sanguisorba oficinalis). [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Burnettized p. pr. & vb. n. Burnettizing. ] (Manuf.) 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 Burnett. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. prenom. 1. drained of energy or effectiveness; driven to apathy by overwork or prolonged stress; -- of people.
Syn. -- burned out(predicate), burnt out(predicate), fagged, exhausted, fatigued, played-out(prenominal), played out(predicate), spent, washed-out(prenominal), washed out(predicate), worn-out(prenominal), worn out(predicate). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. damaged or destroyed by or as if by fire; as, barricaded the street with burned-out cars.
Syn. -- burned out(predicate), burnt out(predicate). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. eburneus, fr. ebur ivory. See Ivory. ] Made of or relating to ivory. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A gas burner with a device for lighting by an electric spark. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. The jet piece of a gas fixture where the gas is burned as it escapes from one or more minute orifices. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having heartburn. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]