n. [ So called in allusion to the fable of the man who burned his barn in order to rid it of rats. ]
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 ]
n.
Bunsen's burner (Chem.),
Argand burner,
Rose burner
. 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 ]
n. A circle or cluster of gas-burners for lighting and ventilating public buildings. [ 1913 Webster ]