Ambustion

n. [ L. ambustio. ] (Med.) A burn or scald. [ Obs. ] Blount. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

n. [ L. combustio: cf. F. combustion. ] 1. The state of burning. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Chem.) The combination of a combustible with a supporter of combustion, producing heat, and sometimes both light and heat. [ 1913 Webster ]

Combustion results in common cases from the mutual chemical action and reaction of the combustible and the oxygen of the atmosphere, whereby a new compound is formed. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

Supporter of combustion (Chem.), a gas, as oxygen, the combination of which with a combustible, as coal, constitutes combustion. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Violent agitation; confusion; tumult. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

There [ were ] great combustions and divisions among the heads of the university. Mede. [ 1913 Webster ]

But say from whence this new combustion springs. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]