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burning 
1 n. See 1832 quote.
See also: branding (def. 1a) log burning piling burn ((v.)) (def. 1)
- 1832 (1953) The process of burning comes next--for this you choose a dry and windy day, and kindling some of the brush-heaps on the windward side of the field, the fire is generally communicated to the rest, by running along the dried leaves on the ground, or catching from heap to heap. . . .
- 1924 (1933) Scarred logs . . . were yanked into fresh piles . . . and the brandings were thus prepared for a fresh burning.
2 n. an area that has been burnt out by a forest fire, characterized by charred stumps and rampikes.
See also: burn ((n.)) (def. 3) rampike
- 1938 Leaving the river at a forks on a red hot day, August 6, amid swarms of flies, the scent started over moors and burnings crossed by heavily bushed water courses.
3 n. Mining, Hist. See 1897 WILSON quote.
See also: burn ((v.)) (def. 2)
- 1897 This is called burning, and is done by drifting, melting away the frost by fire and taking out only the pay dirt, leaving the glacial drift and surface intact.
- 1897 A great many of the miners . . . in the winter resort to . . . "burning."
- 1832 (1953) The process of burning comes next--for this you choose a dry and windy day, and kindling some of the brush-heaps on the windward side of the field, the fire is generally communicated to the rest, by running along the dried leaves on the ground, or catching from heap to heap. . . .