The Collaborative International Dictionary
Burning \Burn"ing\, n. The act of consuming by fire or heat, or of subjecting to the effect of fire or heat; the state of being on fire or excessively heated.
Burning fluid, any volatile illuminating oil, as the lighter petroleums (naphtha, benzine), or oil of turpentine (camphine), but esp. a mixture of the latter with alcohol.
Burning glass, a convex lens of considerable size, used for producing an intense heat by converging the sun's rays to a focus.
Burning house (Metal.), the furnace in which tin ores are
calcined, to sublime the sulphur and arsenic from the
pyrites.
--Weale.
Burning mirror, a concave mirror, or a combination of plane mirrors, used for the same purpose as a burning glass.
Syn: Combustion; fire; conflagration; flame; blaze.
Wiktionary
n. The furnace in which tin ores are calcined, to sublime the sulfur and arsenic from the pyrites.
Wikipedia
"Burning House" is a song by American country music singer Cam. It was released on June 16, 2015 as the second single from her debut album Untamed. Co-written with Tyler Johnson and Jeff Bhasker, the song was inspired by an ex-boyfriend of Cam's that attended the same party she was in and the dream she had of attempting to save him from a 'burning house'.
"Burning House" peaked at number 2 on both the Billboard Country Airplay and Hot Country Songs charts respectively. The song also charted on the Hot 100, peaking at number 29. The song was certified Platinum by the RIAA for selling over a million units in the United States. It received similar chart success in Canada, peaking at number 2 on the Country chart and number 46 on the Canadian Hot 100. It was also certified Gold by Music Canada, denoting sales of over 40,000 units in that country.
The accompanying music video for the song was directed by Trey Fanjoy.
Usage examples of "burning house".
Just how much he cannot tell, mostly because he is a stranger here, he doesn't know the street, partly because the smoke from the burning house and the mist still rising off the wet street give the houses over there a look which is almost spectral, like houses seen in a mirage .
It had all really happened Steve only had to look at the burning houses and those that were all shot up to know that but it had happened in some weird fistula of time that these cops would never know about, or want to know about.