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Tending to affect; affecting. [Obs.] Burnet.

On a level. The bank is . . . aflush with the sea. Swinburne.

A soft, resinous wood (Aquilaria Agallocha) of highly aromatic smell, burnt by the orientals as a perfume. It is called also agalwood and aloes wood. The name is also given to some other species.

used by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc.; -- so called from the agate fixed in it for burnishing.

Aside; askew. [Scotch] Burns.

ties of an ague; somewhat cold or shivering; chilly; shaky. Her aguish love now glows and burns. Granville.

Perhaps; possibly. [Scotch] Burns.

Oat. [Scot.] Burns.

s, to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity. It would allay the burning quality of that fell poison. Shak.

a square or oblong erection of stone or wood) on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity. Noah builded an altar unto the Lord. Gen. viii. 20.

A burn or scald. Blount.

ixture of two of these forming a colorless liquid with a peculiar cough-exciting odor and burning taste, the chief constituent of fusel oil. It is used as a source of amyl compounds, such as amyl acetate, amyl nitrite, etc.

A utensil for supporting wood when burning in a fireplace, one being placed on each side; a firedog; as, a pair of andirons.

The burning of metallic colors into glass, earthenware, etc.

ering from bituminous coal in containing little or no bitumen, in consequence of which it burns with a nearly non luminous flame. The purer specimens consist almost wholly of carbon. Also called glance coal and blind coal.

Divination by inspecting a burning coal.

Good against burns or pyrosis. -- n.

ticular purpose, or tendency to a particular action or effect; as, oil has an aptitude to burn. He seems to have had a peculiar aptitude for the management of irregular troops. Macaulay.

nd trees. Tyndall. The formation of the first earth being a piece of divine architecture. Burnet. Military architecture, the art of fortifications. -- Naval architecture, the art of building ships.

Hot or burning; causing a sensation of burning; fiery; as, ardent spirits, that is, distilled liquors; an ardent fever.