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or properties of, by undue exposure to fire or heat; to scorch; to scald; to blister; to singe; to char; to sear; as, to burn steel in forging; to burn one's face in the sun; the sun burns the grass.

; a report spread secretly or cautiously. There's a certain buzz Of a stolen marriage. Massinger.

ices and pickle, as salmon. [Obs.] For a change, leave calvered salmon and eat sprats. Massinger.

a hawk. [Obs.] Nares. He makes his stoop; but wanting breath, is forced To cancelier. Massinger.

l e'er be sullied with one taint or spot That may take from your innocence and candor. Massinger.

A female professional singer.

A singer; esp. the leader of a church choir; a precentor. The cantor of the church intones the Te Deum. Milman.

, the official staff or baton of a cantor or precentor, with which time is marked for the singers.

A humorous canon or round, so contrived that the singers catch up each other's words.

A stick or club employed in the game of ball called cat or tipcat. Massinger.

One who chants; a singer or songster. Pope.

A female chanter or singer. Milton.

A choir of singers, or an orchastra, attached to the court of a prince or nobleman.

A band or organized company of singers, especially in church service. [Formerly written also quire.]

A singer or composer of chorals.

A singer in a choir; a chorister. [R.]

One of a choir; a singer in a chorus. Dryden.

A band of singers and dancers. The Grecian tragedy was at first nothing but a chorus of singers. Dryden.

absolute and circular In all those wished-for rarities that may take A virgin captive. Massinger. Circular are, any portion of the circumference of a circle. -- Circular cubics (Math.), curves of the third order which are imagined to pass through the two circular points at infinity. -- Circular functions. (Math.) See…

A member of a club. [R.] Massinger.