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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Burnt \Burnt\, p. p. & a.
Consumed with, or as with, fire; scorched or dried, as with
fire or heat; baked or hardened in the fire or the sun.
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{Burnt ear}, a black, powdery fungus which destroys grain.
See {Smut}.
{Burnt offering}, something offered and burnt on an altar, as
an atonement for sin; a sacrifice. The offerings of the
Jews were a clean animal, as an ox, a calf, a goat, or a
sheep; or some vegetable substance, as bread, or ears of
wheat or barley. Called also {burnt sacrifice}. --[2 Sam.
xxiv. 22.]
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