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Capable of taking fire and burning; apt to catch fire; inflammable. Sin is to the soul like fire to combustible matter. South.

The state of burning.

ront of , a boiler furnace where the gases from the fire become more thoroughly mixed and burnt. (b) The clearance space in the cylinder of an internal combustion engine where the charge is compressed and ignited.

"The commendatory prayer was said for him, and, as it ended, he [William III.] died." Bp. Burnet.

communion; to partake of the eucharist or Lord's supper. To commune under both kinds. Bp. Burnet. To commune with one's self or one's heart, to think; to reflect; to meditate.

J. Harris The utmost that could be obtained was that her sentence should be commuted from burning to beheading. Macaulay.

compendium; an epitome; a summary. A compend and recapitulation of the Mosaical law. Bp. Burnet.

days of heaven. Milton. What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted. Burns.

conference, agreement, or consultation. It was concerted to begin the siege in March. Bp. Burnet.

The act of burning different things together. [Obs.]

consistent surface, of the chaos must be of the same figure as the last liquid state. Bp. Burnet.

overlooked all these things, and, condoning the politics, to have rewarded the poetry of Burns. J. C. Shairp.

Burning together in a common flame. [R.] "The conflagrant mass." Milton.

A fire extending to many objects, or over a large space; a general burning.

Act of confronting. H. Swinburne.

An enrolling or registering. The conscription of men of war. Bp. Burnet.

Of or pertaining to the act of consecration; dedicatory. The consecratory prayer. Bp. Burnet.

To follow closely; to endeavor to overtake; to pursue. [Obs.] Bp. Burnet.

considerable, that some urns have had inscriptions on them expressing that the lamps were burning. Bp. Wilkins. Eternity is infinitely the most considerable duration. Tillotson.

composed or made up; -- followed by of. The land would consist of plains and valleys. T. Burnet.