See also: brush ((n.)) (def. 1) burn ((v.)) (def. 1)
- 1852  (1923)  Moodie and Jacob had chopped eight acres during the winter, but these had to be burnt off and logged up before we could put in a crop of wheat for the ensuing fall.
- 1925  . . . in the spring the brush and log heaps had to be burned off before any crop could be put in among the stumps.