Lexicographical Neighbors of Overburnt
Literary usage of Overburnt
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Civil Engineering by William Macfarland Patton (1895)
"If overburnt, a hard, heavy substance is produced, burnt to a clinker, which slakes
... Hydraulic lime overburnt may also have a core of carbonate left. ..."
2. The Chemical Gazette (1852)
"Moderately burnt clay will absorb double the quantity of ammonia from the
atmosphere, which will be absorbed by overburnt clay under precisely the same ..."
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