burn

"The major hazard is getting burned. Buy from a friend or a reputable dealer. If you have to do business with a stranger, be extra careful. Never front money. One of the burn artist's tricks is to take your money, tell you to wait and split with your dough. There are various side show gimmicks each burn artist works. The most common is to ask you to walk with them a few blocks and then stop in front of an apartment building. He then tells you the dope is upstairs and asks you to hand over the money in advance. He explains that his partner is the real uptight 'cause they were raided once and won't let anybody in the pad. He takes your dough and disappears inside the building. Out the back door or up to the roof and into his getaway helicopter."
- Abbie Hoffman, 'Steal This Book', 1971.

"The chainsaw has, of course, been a great invention for getting the fallen wood into useable forms. It's just a pity that so many of the fallen trees seem to end up in a burn at the bottom of a deep ravine."
- Brian Henderson, 'You Can't Beat Warming Your Toes At A Real Log Fire', The Sunday Post (Scotland), 11 Jan 2009.

*snort*

This word always looks like bum if I don't have my glasses on.

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