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To extinguish; to overwhelm; to make an end of; -- said of flame and fire, of things burning, and figuratively of sensations and emotions; as, to quench flame; to quench a candle; to quench thirst, love, hate, etc. Ere our blood shall quench that fire. Shak. The supposition of the lady's death Will quench the wonder of…

uliar and piquant; fresh and lively. Our raciest, most idiomatic popular word. M. Arnold. Burn's English, though not so racy as his Scotch, is generally correct. H. Coleridge. The rich and racy humor of a natural converser fresh from the plow. Prof. Wilson.

k or strong; to be inflamed; to fester; -- used literally and figuratively. A malady that burns and rankles inward. Rowe. This would have left a rankling wound in the hearts of the people. Burke.

One who reaps. The sun-burned reapers wiping their foreheads. Macaulay.

red, well digested, and well reasoned in every part, there is beauty in such a theory. T. Burnet.

able to take in. The brazen altar that was before the Lord was too little to receive the burnt offerings. 1 Kings viii. 64.

is founded; the statement of matter in pleading introductory to some positive allegation. Burn.

ecking danger. Sir P. Sidney. And may you better reck the rede Than ever did the adviser. Burns.

Advice; counsel; suggestion. [Obs. or Scot.] Burns. There was none other remedy ne reed. Chaucer.

laces that refer to the shutting and opening the abyss, I take notice of that in Job. Bp. Burnet.

A device used in connection with hot-air engines, gas-burning furnaces, etc., in which the incoming air or gas is heated by being brought into contact with masses of iron, brick, etc., which have been previously heated by the outgoing, or escaping, hot air or gas.

One who remonstrates; a remonsrant. Bp. Burnet.

To ordain again, as when the first ordination is considered defective. Bp. Burnet.

g standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify. Before him burn Seven lamps, as in a zodiac representing The heavenly fires. Milton.

The quality or state of being representative. Dr. Burnet observes, that every thought is attended with conssciousness and representativeness. Spectator.

it was called), annulling all the Parliaments that had been held since the year 1633. Bp. Burnet.

Redelivery; repayment. [Obs.] "Yearly resolutes, deductions, and payments." Bp. Burnet.

t which clears up and removes difficulties, and makes the mind certain or determined. Bp. Burnet.

Intended to reverse; implying reversal. [Obs.] Bp. Burnet.

Severity; rigor. [Obs. orR.] Bp. Burnet.