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Birling
- verb - cause a floating log to rotate by treading
- cause to spin; "spin a coin"
- rotating a log rapidly in the water (as a competitive sport)
Birring
- verb - make a soft swishing sound; "the motor whirred"; "the car engine purred"
Bornite
- noun - a mineral consisting of sulfides of copper and iron that is found in copper deposits
Burking
- verb - get rid of, silence, or suppress; "burke an issue"
- murder without leaving a trace on the body
Burkism
- - The practice of killing persons for the purpose of selling their bodies for dissection.
Burlier
- adjective - muscular and heavily built; "a beefy wrestler"; "had a tall burly frame"; "clothing sizes for husky boys"; "a strapping boy of eighteen"; "`buirdly' is a Scottish term"
Burling
- verb - remove the burls from cloth
Burning
- verb - a form of torture in which cigarettes or cigars or other hot implements are used to burn the victim's skin
- a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light
- burn at the stake; "Witches were burned in Salem"
- burn with heat, fire, or radiation; "The iron burnt a hole in my dress"
- burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent; "The surgeon cauterized the wart"
- cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face"
- cause to burn or combust; "The sun burned off the fog"; "We combust coal and other fossil fuels"
- cause to undergo combustion; "burn garbage"; "The car burns only Diesel oil"
- create by duplicating data; "cut a disk"; "burn a CD"
- destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries"
- execution by electricity
- execution by fire
- feel hot or painful; "My eyes are burning"
- fee
Burnish
- noun - polish and make shiny; "buff the wooden floors"; "buff my shoes"
- the property of being smooth and shiny
Burping
- verb - a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth
- expel gas from the stomach; "In China it is polite to burp at the table"