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(v): destroy by fire
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4 months ago Treeseed said:

Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German brunno spring of water
Date: before 12th century
creek
"And the otter grew so sentimental (for otters can be very sentimental when they choose, like a good many people who are both cruel and greedy, and no good to anybody at all) that she sailed solemnly away down the burn, and Tom saw her no more for that time."
_Water Babies, Charles Kingsley, 1937

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