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Robert Burn may refer to: Robert Burn (classicist) (1829–1904), English classical scholar and archaeologist Robert Burn (naturalist) (born 1937), Australian
Robert_Burn
British classical scholar
Robert Burn (22 October 1829 – 30 April 1904) was an English classical scholar and archaeologist and Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. Burn was born
Robert_Burn_(classicist)
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English historian of India Robert Burn (architect) (1752–1815), Scottish architect, father of William Burn Robert Burn (classicist) (1829–1904), English classical
Burn_(surname)
Cemetery in Cambridge, England
Heitland Classicist, Fellow of Emmanuel. Margaret Heitland journalist and suffragette. Robert Drew Hicks Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, classicist, blind
Ascension Parish Burial Ground
Ascension_Parish_Burial_Ground
American academic (1902–1935)
Milman Parry (June 23, 1902 – December 3, 1935) was an American Classicist. A pioneer in the study of oral tradition, his theories on the origin of Homeric
Milman_Parry
Scottish classicist (1852–1901)
Craven scholarship in 1875 and graduated as the second-highest-placed classicist in his year ("Second Classic") in 1876. After his graduation from Peterhouse
Robert_Alexander_Neil
Relationship in Classical Greece
returned to the debate of the Iliad's portrayal of the relationship. Some classicists and queer studies scholars argue that it was homosexual, homoerotic,
Achilles_and_Patroclus
historian and bishop John Burnet (1863–1928), classicist James Burnett (1714–1799), judge and philosopher Robert Burns (1759–1796), national poet and lyricist
List_of_Scottish_writers
Battle that decisively ended Xerxes's invasion of Greece (479 BC)
historical precedent for such actions. German classicist Karl Julius Beloch thought the Persians burned their ships themselves; Italian historian Giulio
Battle_of_Mycale
Scottish classicist, numismatist and author on land reform
by his biographer as the "Euclid of Land law Reform", was a Scottish classicist, numismatist and author of an influential historic land reform treatise
William_Ogilvie_of_Pittensear
Jesus as a historical person
runs against the views of the majority of scholars. Michael Grant (a classicist and historian) states that "In recent years, no serious scholar has ventured
Historical_Jesus
Sex toy, often phallic
play in the sequence, Mime VII, when she visits his shop. Page duBois, a classicist and feminist theorist, suggests that dildos were present in Greek art
Dildo
Greek god of beauty and desire
changed into a myrrh tree but still gave birth to Adonis. According to classicist William F. Hansen, the story of how Adonis was conceived falls in line
Adonis
American classicist (1928–1971)
near Paris. He was the son of Marian Parry (née Thanhouser) and the classicist Milman Parry, who was at the time studying at the Sorbonne in the city
Adam_Parry
American legal scholar (born 1954)
dated Martha Nussbaum for almost a decade. Nussbaum is a philosopher, classicist, and professor of law at the University of Chicago. On July 4, 2008, Sunstein
Cass_Sunstein
Epic poem attributed to Homer
fifth century BC, widely known in the ancient Greek world. According to classicist Gregory Nagy, "Homer's Iliad, along with its companion-piece, the Odyssey
Iliad
2024 film by Francis Ford Coppola
classicist Mary Beard's suggestion that Julius Caesar had ties with Catiline and was more known among audiences. The character was inspired by Robert
Megalopolis_(film)
First-century Jewish preacher and religious leader
non-existence "a thoroughly dead thesis". According to Michael Grant (a classicist), "In recent years [as of 2004], 'no serious scholar has ventured to postulate
Jesus
although only if it is assumed that the color luteus is reddish. Classicist Robert J. Edgeworth concluded that the word luteus may mean either pink or
Weddings_in_ancient_Rome
Hungarian-American scholar of Latin
defended his post-classical Latinity and criticized the rationale of classicists, many of whom he despised: Monebat Dr. Avellanus unum ex eiusmodi critica
Arcadius_Avellanus
5th century BC history book by Thucydides
relied on eyewitness accounts. These speeches are suspect in the eyes of classicists, however, in as much as it is not clear to what degree Thucydides altered
History of the Peloponnesian War
History_of_the_Peloponnesian_War
Poet, essayist and playwright (1888–1965)
Martyr. He specifically identified as Anglo-Catholic, proclaiming himself "classicist in literature, royalist in politics, and anglo-catholic in religion".
T._S._Eliot
British television presenter (born 1938)
subsequently studied Greats at Balliol College, Oxford, where he was taught by classicist and ancient historian Russell Meiggs and moral philosopher R. M. Hare
Peter_Snow
Irish writer (1854–1900)
university, he read Greats; he demonstrated himself to be an exceptional classicist, first at Trinity College Dublin, then at Magdalen College, Oxford. He
Oscar_Wilde
Whether Jesus was a historical figure
available for Jesus than for other notable people from 1st-century Galilee. Classicist-numismatist Michael Grant argued that when the New Testament is analyzed
Historicity_of_Jesus
Figure in Greek mythology
interpreted by Casanova as a post-Hesiodic interpolation. According to the classicist Karl-Martin Dietz, in Hesiod's scriptures, Prometheus represents the "descent
Prometheus
Primary antagonist in Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings"
victorious, a strand which (Shippey writes) can be seen in Middle-earth. The classicist J. K. Newman comments that "Sauron's Greek name" makes him "the Lizard"
Sauron
contributions to the nude, not only through the continuity of certain classicist approaches but also through innovation and experimentation with new technical
History_of_the_nude_in_art
Wars between Rome and Carthage (264–146 BC)
remarkably well-informed, industrious and insightful historian", while the classicist Adrian Goldsworthy states that "Polybius' account is usually to be preferred
Punic_Wars
Male nature spirit with horse or goat features found in Greek mythology
sexual desire. It is the male equivalent of nymphomania. According to classicist Martin Litchfield West, satyrs and silenoi in Greek mythology are similar
Satyr
Legendary war in Greek mythology
the war.[citation needed] In November 2001, geologist John C. Kraft and classicist John V. Luce presented the results of investigations into the geology
Trojan_War
Name list
singer, actress, model, television personality Brooke Holmes, American classicist Brooke hyland, American dancer Brooke Jackson-Glidden (born 1994/1995)
Brooke_(given_name)
Irish folk singer (1940–1984)
politics under the tutelage of Mulready, his wife Mollie, and Marxist classicist George Derwent Thomson: Kelly later stated that his interest in music
Luke_Kelly
Luce, classicist F. S. L. Lyons, historian and Provost of Trinity College Dublin John Pentland Mahaffy, classicist R. B. McDowell, historian Robert McKim
List of Trinity College Dublin people
List_of_Trinity_College_Dublin_people
Sexual pleasure device
another man is about to thrust a dildo into her anus. Page DuBois, a classicist and feminist theorist, suggests that dildos were present in Greek art
Sex_toy
1996 studio album by the Roots
130. Retrieved May 17, 2010. Strauss, Neil (August 2, 1996). "Hip-Hop Classicists". The New York Times. Retrieved October 17, 2009. "Now For Good News
Illadelph_Halflife
Alumni of the English school Charterhouse
Brown (1806–1883), historian in Venice George Burges (1785 or 1786–1864), classicist Charles Burney (1757–1817), English classical scholar who gathered the
List_of_Old_Carthusians
Lover of Roman emperor Hadrian (c. 111 – 130)
destroyed artefacts and temples built in honour of the youth. By 2005, classicist Caroline Vout could note that more images have been identified of Antinous
Antinous
English photographer (1830–1904)
comparing the styles of the two photographers, Watkins has been called "a classicist, making serene, stately pictures of a still, eternal world of beauty"
Eadweard_Muybridge
Topics referred to by the same term
judge) (1871–1954), justice of the Iowa Supreme Court John Anderson (classicist) (1870–1952), Camden Professor of Ancient History at the University of
John_Anderson
Girls' school in Elstree, Hertfordshire, England
actress (1938–1988) (Class of 1956) Barbara Craig, archaeologist and classicist (1915–2005) (Class of 1933) Claire Dalby, botanical artist (Class of 1963)
Haberdashers'_Girls'_School
Intellectual movement in 18th–19th century Scotland
thinkers and scientists of the period were Joseph Black, James Boswell, Robert Burns, William Cullen, Adam Ferguson, David Hume, Francis Hutcheson, James
Scottish_Enlightenment
English classicist and poet (1859–1936)
in the University of Cambridge. He is regarded as one of the foremost classicists of his age and one of the greatest classical scholars. His editions of
A._E._Housman
1617 – Ralph Cudworth, English Anglican clergyman, Christian Hebraist, classicist, theologian, and philosopher. 1617 – Isaac Orobio de Castro, Portuguese
17th_century_in_philosophy
Private school in Highgate, London
Green, artist Francis Llewellyn Griffith, Egyptologist Ernest Hardy, classicist and Principal of Jesus College, Oxford Gerard Hoffnung, cartoonist and
Highgate_School
4th-century Alexandrian astronomer and mathematician
the "astronomical table" which historic sources attribute to Hypatia. Classicist Alan Cameron additionally states that it is possible Hypatia may have
Hypatia
Nymphs in Greek mythology
abstract, interchangeable names are a symptom of their impersonality", classicist Evelyn Byrd Harrison has observed. They are sometimes portrayed as the
Hesperides
Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher (c.490–c.420 BC)
were collected and burned in the marketplace. The deliberate destruction of his works is also mentioned by Cicero. The classicist John Burnet doubts this
Protagoras
Scottish film composer (born 1953)
Filmtracks. Retrieved 30 January 2014. "Patrick Doyle – Shakespearean classicist". mfiles. Retrieved 30 January 2014. Doyle: William Shakespeare's Hamlet
Patrick_Doyle
Collection of 87 ancient Greek hymns
leading to the ritual function of the collection being established among classicists and historians of religion. It is widely accepted in modern scholarship
Orphic_Hymns
References by Roman historian and senator Tacitus to Jesus
chapter 44. The context of the passage is the six-day Great Fire of Rome that burned much of the city in AD 64 during the reign of Roman Emperor Nero. The passage
Tacitus_on_Jesus
Ancient Semitic maritime civilization
invented in Sidon around 700 BC and later adopted by the Greeks. The classicist J. S. Morrison, a student of the trireme, quotes Thucydides' statement
Phoenicia
(1924–1991), professor of classics Kathleen Coleman, classicist Benjamin Farrington (1891–1974), classicist Margaret Hewett (1934–2022), expert on Roman-Dutch
List of University of Cape Town faculty
List_of_University_of_Cape_Town_faculty
Rebellion against Roman rule (66–73/74 CE)
burning of debt records as a tactic for popular support, not ideology. Classicist Guy McLean Rogers wrote that debt was routine and neither a key cause
First_Jewish–Roman_War
27 BC–476/1453 AD state and civilization
centuries were encouraged to "inculcate the habits of peacetime". As the classicist Clifford Ando noted: Most of the cultural appurtenances popularly associated
Roman_Empire
English writer (1343–1400)
defends the unseemly, "low", and bawdy bits in Chaucer from an elite, classicist position. Francis Thynne noted some of these inconsistencies in his Animadversions
Geoffrey_Chaucer
Second-largest Greek island
Athens until the end of the 7th century BC, during the time of Solon. The classicist Barry B. Powell has proposed that Euboea may have been where the Greek
Euboea
Roman emperor from 284 to 305
number of men in the civil service doubled from 15,000 to 30,000. The classicist Roger S. Bagnall estimates that there was one bureaucrat for every 5–10
Diocletian
Ancient Greek lyric poet (c. 630–c. 570 BC)
poets' lives were largely accepted as factual. In the 19th century, classicists began to be more sceptical of these traditions, and instead tried to
Sappho
British writer and literary critic (1863–1944)
grandfather, Jonathan Couch, was a naturalist, physician, historian, classicist, apothecary, and illustrator (particularly of fish). His younger sisters
Arthur_Quiller-Couch
12th century Old East Slavic heroic poem
based on the absence of a number of semiotic elements in the Russian Classicist literary tradition before the publication of the Tale. He notes that "Russian
The_Tale_of_Igor's_Campaign
Pond in Concord, Massachusetts
canoe is reminiscent of the boat in A Fairy Tale. (Goethe, who was a Classicist, not a Romanticist, positively viewed Parzival.) Thoreau wrote: An old
Walden_Pond
Gospel episode
Peter was crucified upside-down. Another possibility is argued for by classicist Timothy Barnes. He suggests that if the author of John knew the rough
Restoration_of_Peter
the book to be collected and burned in the marketplace. The same story is also mentioned by Cicero. However, the classicist John Burnet doubts this account
List of book-burning incidents
List_of_book-burning_incidents
Artistic, literary, musical, and intellectual movement
expectations of his audience. Robert Burns (1759–96) and Walter Scott (1771–1832) were highly influenced by the Ossian cycle. Burns, an Ayrshire poet and lyricist
Romanticism
Female follower of Dionysus
pp. 388–400. Jane Ellen Harrison remarked of the 19th-century (male) classicists, "so persistent is the dislike to commonplace fact, that we are repeatedly
Maenad
neoclassical design was popular. Decimus Burton, who was 'the land's leading classicist', created a design for a new neoclassical Houses of Parliament. Decimus
History of the Palace of Westminster
History_of_the_Palace_of_Westminster
England clergyman Samuel Hawksley Burbury FRS (1831–1911), mathematician Robert Burn (1829–1904), classical scholar, archeologist and Fellow of Trinity College
List_of_Old_Salopians
Anti-Augustan interpretations of Virgil's "Aeneid"
Ross, Richard F. Thomas and Christine Perkell, as well as the British classicists Anthony Boyle, Jasper Griffin, and Oliver Lyne, the latter two of whom
Harvard_School
Burns, U.S. senator from Montana Gilbert Burns (1760–1827), Scottish farmer and younger brother of Robert Burns, whose writings have contributed greatly
List_of_Freemasons_(A–D)
music educator, dean, UM School of Music Theodore V. Buttrey (1929–2018), classicist Carl Cohen, philosopher, activist Charles Cooley (1864–1929), sociologist
List of people from Ann Arbor, Michigan
List_of_people_from_Ann_Arbor,_Michigan
Philosophical school of thought
relied heavily on ancient writers, especially Cicero. The revival of classicist authors continued after Petrarch's death. Florence chancellor and humanist
Humanism
Former students of Portsmouth Grammar School
Michael Ripper (1913–2000), film actor Prof. G. E. L. Owen (1922–1982), classicist and philosopher Alan Bristow (1923–2009), pilot and founder of Bristow
List_of_Old_Portmuthians
Ancient Greek goddess
each year they celebrated their victory in the festival. Offerings were burned in an annual fire, recalling the great pyre of the battle. In Delphi in
Artemis
Ancient Greek sculptures held in London
Benjamin Haydon became a tireless advocate for their importance. The classicist Richard Payne Knight, however, declared they were Roman additions or the
Elgin_Marbles
French poet (1590–1626)
reputation as a non-conformist. De Viau's poetic style refused the logical and classicist constraints of François de Malherbe and remained attached to the emotional
Théophile_de_Viau
Thomas Drant – Ars Poetica (1567), Epistles (1566), Odes Stephen Harrison (classicist) Burton Raffel David R. Slavitt – Odes (2014) David West George Chapman
List of translators into English
List_of_translators_into_English
Public research university in Amherst, Massachusetts, US
investigation. Last of the "Big Four" was President Henry H. Goodell—classicist, modern thinker, lover of literature and the arts, disciplinarian, sympathizer
University of Massachusetts Amherst
University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst
consultant and prison consultant, heart failure. David Konstan, 83, American classicist. Manca Košir, 76, Slovene journalist (Nova revija) and actress (Real Pests)
Deaths_in_May_2024
Jewish rebellion against Roman rule (132–136 CE)
considerable." Other scholars have defended the figures' plausibility. In 2003, classicist Hannah Cotton described Dio's numbers as highly plausible in light of
Bar_Kokhba_Revolt
legal scholar, professor at New England Law Boston Erich S. Gruen (1957), classicist and ancient historian; president of the Society for Classical Studies
List of Columbia College people
List_of_Columbia_College_people
artist, founder of the Newlyn School Arthur Hacker (1858–1919) – English classicist painter Henry Scott Tuke (1858–1929) – English painter who lived in Cornwall
List_of_British_artists
188–190. Retrieved 10 October 2008. University of Florida, Past Presidents, Robert Q. Marston (1974–1984 Archived 27 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine.
List_of_Rhodes_Scholars
Non-periodic comet
coins whose reverse sports a comet over the head of a wreathed man whom classicists and numismatists speculate is either a youthful Caesar, the Genius of
Caesar's_Comet
Linear B tablet made c. 1180 BCE
disputed throughout the 1950s and early 1960s, particularly by the Scottish classicist Arthur J. Beattie, the tablet provided an important early indication of
PY_Ta_641
Literature of the Romantic Period
expectations of his audience. Robert Burns (1759–96) and Walter Scott (1771–1832) were highly influenced by the Ossian cycle. Burns, an Ayrshire poet and lyricist
Romantic_literature
School where some or all people live on campus
known as the "third culture kid", or TCK. The celebrated British classicist and poet, Robert Graves (1895–1985), who attended six different preparatory schools
Boarding_school
Sources about Jesus as a historical figure
Christian author wrote of this persecution for a hundred years. However, classicists have observed that Nero’s persecution has echos in earlier sources such
Sources for the historicity of Jesus
Sources_for_the_historicity_of_Jesus
Artistic, literary and intellectual movement
individual, national and emotional responses, moving beyond Renaissance and Classicist models, particularly into nostalgia for the Middle Ages. The concept of
Romanticism_in_Scotland
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1827 to 1828
budding Tory statesmen of the day resorted". Robinson was an accomplished classicist, winning Sir William Browne's Medal for the best Latin ode in 1801. After
F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich
F._J._Robinson,_1st_Viscount_Goderich
English textile artist, author, and socialist (1834–1896)
many translations were already available, often produced by trained Classicists, Morris claimed that his unique perspective was as "a poet not a pedant"
William_Morris
British World War II espionage and sabotage organisation
envoys, and others (such as the former diplomat Fitzroy Maclean or the classicist Christopher Woodhouse) were commissioned only during wartime. Several
Special_Operations_Executive
British classicist (1820–1894)
1894), also published under the pseudonym M. P. W. Bolton, was a British classicist, elected member of the UK's Metaphysical Society, an amateur scientist
Matthew_Piers_Watt_Boulton
Greek rebellion against the Ottoman Empire (1821–1829)
philhellenic groups in both the northern and southern United States. The classicist Edward Everett, a professor of Ancient Greek literature at Harvard University
Greek_War_of_Independence
Water castle in Düsseldorf, Germany
the complex was given its current external appearance mainly through a classicist conversion between 1808 and 1814 based on designs by the Krefeld master
Kalkum_Castle
Public school in York, England
President of the BMA. Frederick Henry Marvell Blaydes – Classicist. Angus M. Bowie, Classicist and Fellow of Queen’s College, Oxford Henry Dodwell – Anglo-Irish
St_Peter's_School,_York
Racial classification of people
the war would be in no way different from having to fight with women." Classicist James H. Dee states "the Greeks do not describe themselves as 'White people' –
White_people
Eastern Orthodox monastery in Mukachevo, Ukraine
During the years 1798–1804 the Saint Nicholas Church was constructed in a Classicist style. In 1862 much of it was again destroyed by fire, but rebuilt within
Saint Nicholas Monastery, Mukachevo
Saint_Nicholas_Monastery,_Mukachevo
Director of the British Geological Survey; Murchison Medal (1981) Christopher Burn (Hatfield) – Emeritus Chancellor's Professor in the Department of Geography
List of Durham University people
List_of_Durham_University_people
Gender identity differing from sex assigned at birth
(2001). "The Myth of the Heterosexual: Anthropology and Sexuality for Classicists". Arethusa. 34 (3): 313–362. doi:10.1353/are.2001.0016. S2CID 161526282
Transgender
ROBERT BURN-CLASSICIST
ROBERT BURN-CLASSICIST
Female
Italian
 Feminine form of Latin Robertus, ROBERTA means "bright fame." In use by the Italians, Portuguese and Spanish. Compare with another form of Roberta.
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : variant of Robert.
Male
French
 Norman French form of Latin Robertus, ROBERT means "bright fame." Compare with another form of Robert.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Danish, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish, Swiss, Teutonic
Bright with Fame; Wide Fame; Spanish Form of Robert Shining Fame
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Robart.
Boy/Male
English
From the brook.
Male
English
 English form of Anglo-Saxon Hreodbeorht, ROBERT means "bright fame." Compare with another form of Robert.
Male
Italian
Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form of Latin Robertus, ROBERTO means "bright fame."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Roberts.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Roberts.
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, Czechoslovakian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Indian, Irish, Italian, Jamaican, Netherlands, Polish, Scottish, Swedish, Swiss, Teutonic
Bright with Fame; Famed; Bright; Shining; An All-time Favorite Boys Name Since the Middle Ages; A; 14th-century King Robert the Bruce; Robert Burns the Poet
Male
German
From the Germanic word burg, BURK means "castle, fort, protection." Used as a short form of longer names containing the same element.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Bourne.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, English
From the Brook; Creek; Place Name; The Stream
Boy/Male
Australian, Czech, Danish, German, Swedish
Famous Brilliance from Robert; Bright Famous One
Male
Welsh
Welsh form of German Hrodebert, RHOBERT means "bright fame."Â
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from the personal name Robert. This surname is very frequent in Wales and west central England. It is also occasionally borne by Jews, presumably as an Americanized form of a like-sounding Jewish surname.
Female
French
Feminine form of Norman French Robert, ROBERTE means "bright fame."
Surname or Lastname
English, French, German, Dutch, Hungarian (Róbert), etc
English, French, German, Dutch, Hungarian (Róbert), etc : from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements hrÅd
‘renown’ + berht ‘bright’, ‘famous’. This is found occasionally
in England before the Conquest, but in the main it was introduced into
England by the Normans and quickly became popular among all classes of
society. The surname is also occasionally borne by Jews, as an
Americanized form of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames.A Robert from La Rochelle, France is documented in Trois-Rivières,
Quebec, in 1666, with the secondary surname
Male
English
English variant spelling of French Albert, ELBERT means "bright nobility."
ROBERT BURN-CLASSICIST
ROBERT BURN-CLASSICIST
Boy/Male
Biblical American Hebrew
Strength of the Lord.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Banbury, a place in Oxfordshire, named with the unattested Old English personal name Ban(n)a (possibly a byname meaning ‘felon’, ‘murderer’) + Old English burh ‘fort’, dative byrig.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Leader
Girl/Female
Hindu
Name of a Raga
Biblical
lean; small; secret; prince
Female
English
Modern variant spelling of English Tiffany, TIFFINY means "manifestation of God."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : possibly a variant of Godson (see Goodson) or a patronymic from the personal name Gotte (see Gott).
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Lord Shiva
Girl/Female
Muslim
Brilliant, Splendid (1)
Male
Celtic
, the fox.
ROBERT BURN-CLASSICIST
ROBERT BURN-CLASSICIST
ROBERT BURN-CLASSICIST
ROBERT BURN-CLASSICIST
ROBERT BURN-CLASSICIST
a.
Evincing strength; indicating vigorous health; strong; sinewy; muscular; vigorous; sound; as, a robust body; robust youth; robust health.
v. t.
To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize; as, a man burns a certain amount of carbon at each respiration; to burn iron in oxygen.
v. t.
To make sober.
v. i.
To have a condition, quality, appearance, sensation, or emotion, as if on fire or excessively heated; to act or rage with destructive violence; to be in a state of lively emotion or strong desire; as, the face burns; to burn with fever.
a.
Not covert; open; public; manifest; as, an overt act of treason.
n.
See Herb Robert, under Herb.
a.
Requiring strength or vigor; as, robust employment.
v. t.
To turn toward.
n.
The operation or result of burning or baking, as in brickmaking; as, they have a good burn.
p. pr. & vb. n.
To burn in the process of distillation; as, to still-burn brandy.
n.
See Burg.
v. t.
To perfect or improve by fire or heat; to submit to the action of fire or heat for some economic purpose; to destroy or change some property or properties of, by exposure to fire or heat in due degree for obtaining a desired residuum, product, or effect; to bake; as, to burn clay in making bricks or pottery; to burn wood so as to produce charcoal; to burn limestone for the lime.
v. t.
To make or produce, as an effect or result, by the application of fire or heat; as, to burn a hole; to burn charcoal; to burn letters into a block.
v. t.
To injure by fire or heat; to change destructively some property 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.
n.
A rover or footpad; a prowling robber.
v. i.
To burn or be burnt.
v. i.
To combine energetically, with evolution of heat; as, copper burns in chlorine.
v. t.
To change back. See Revert, v. i.
v. t.
To invest with a robe or robes; to dress; to array; as, fields robed with green.