Aburn

//əˈbɜː(ɹ)n// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    burning not-comparable

    "First we could see only outlines, then bright beads of light from the torches themselves, and by the time a thousand torches were all aburn, we could see for more than fifty yards."

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"First we could see only outlines, then bright beads of light from the torches themselves, and by the time a thousand torches were all aburn, we could see for more than fifty yards."

Etymology

From a- + burn.

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