A heap or mound; in earlier use a hillock; now, esp. a heap of refuse made in mining or beat-burning. See beat-borough n. at beat, n.3 compounds.
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| 释义 | the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > reclamation > [noun] > clearing land > burning off refuse (12) burrow1602 A heap or mound; in earlier use a hillock; now, esp. a heap of refuse made in mining or beat-burning. See beat-borough n. at beat, n.3 compounds. denshiring1607 burning1669 The treatment of any substance with fire for a specific purpose. = burnbeating n. at burn-beat, v. derivatives. burn-baking1769 burn1792 spec. An instance of burning the vegetation on land as a means of clearing it for cultivation. (Cf. burning, n. 8a and 8e.) burning off1800 The treatment of any substance with fire for a specific purpose. burning off n. Australian and New Zealand. See burn, v.1 13f. burnbeating1808 stifle-burning1844 burn-off1861 (cf.burn, v.1 13f). bush burn1861 the burning of bush on cultivable land; land so cleared. bush-burning1898 slash-burning1919 the process or practice of slash-and-burn agriculture. |
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