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Still-burn

Still-burn \Still"-burn`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. still-burntor Still-burned; p. pr. & vb. n. Still-burning.] To burn in the process of distillation; as, to still-burn brandy.

Usage examples of "still-burn".

Night, and beneath star-blazoned summer skies Behold the Spirit of the musky South, A creole with still-burning, languid eyes, Voluptuous limbs and incense-breathing mouth: Swathed in spun gauze is she, From fibres of her own anana tree.

Suzanne demanded later, when they had escaped the crowd and gotten home to a still-burning hearth, just enough warmth that they could take off their cloaks and sit sipping cider to warm their stomachs.

Irishman lean toward one of the still-burning wall cressets, puff the snake alight, and plod on, trailing clouds of white smoke.

Without the digester, the ball would leave a trail of the still-burning vapor.

He thrust the side of his foot and ankle directly into a still-burning wad, and with a sudden thrust of his leg he kicked the flaming mass under the bottom board of our doorway, Julia and I instinctively stepping aside, and it slid across the floor between us and dropped.

He looked out at the still-burning armored cars, a dozen of the Colony's and four of his.