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Definition of Burn mark
1. Noun. A place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body).
Generic synonyms: Blemish, Defect, Mar
Specialized synonyms: Cigarette Burn
Derivative terms: Burn, Burn, Burn
Lexicographical Neighbors of Burn Mark
Literary usage of Burn mark
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. View of the British Empire, More Especially Scotland: With Some Proposals by John Knox (1789)
"All herrings packed by them in barrels, which are marked with the great burn-mark,
fiis.ll be lifted out cf the packing tub from ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"Burn-mark, (i) sb. Iron letters, fitted to a wooden handle, which when made hot
are used for marking stock of all kinds; the mark so made. Common. ..."
3. Lang's German-English Dictionary of Terms Used in Medicine and the Allied by Hugo Lang, Milton Kayton Meyers (1913)
"... blister Brand-fieber, и. septicaemic fever Brand-flecken, m. gangrenous spot;
a burn-mark Brand-gas, и. gas produced in gangrene Brand-geschwür, ..."
4. A Warwickshire Word-book: Comprising Obsolescent and Dialect Words by G. F. Northall (1896)
"Burn-mark, (i) so. Iron letters, fitted to a wooden handle, which when made hot
are used for marking stock of all ..."
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