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A beautiful warbler of the United States (Dendroica Blackburniæ). The male is strongly marked with orange, yellow, and black on the head and neck, and has an orange-yellow breast.

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.

See under Battery, and Burner.

A small line made of spun yarn, to bind or worm cables, seize tackles, etc.

A condition of bone cartilage occurring in certain diseases of these tissues, in which they acquire an unnatural density, and come to resemble ivory.

Made of or relating to ivory.

The conversion of certain substances into others which have the appearance or characteristics of ivory.

Of or pertaining to ivory. "[She] read from tablet eburnine." Sir W. Scott.

A gas burner with a device for lighting by an electric spark.

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

An uneasy, burning sensation in the stomach, often attended with an inclination to vomit. It is sometimes idiopathic, but is often a symptom of often complaints.

Having heartburn. Shak.

Same as Heartburn.

Burning within. Her inburning wrath she gan abate. Spenser.

Burnt in; ineffaceable. Her inburnt, shamefaced thoughts. P. Fletcher.

Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the laburnum.

A poisonous alkaloid found in the unripe seeds of the laburnum.

A small leguminous tree (Cytisus Laburnum), native of the Alps. The plant is reputed to be poisonous, esp. the bark and seeds. It has handsome racemes of yellow blossoms.

To heat and ferment in the mow, as hay when housed too green.

To exceed in burning.