burnt
verb
a simple past tense and past participle of burn.
well-burnt
-
a word derived from
burnt.
Example Sentences
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"The top of every party-wall and parapet-wall shall be finished with one course of hard, well-burnt bricks set on edge, in cement, or by a coping of any other waterproof and fire-resisting material, properly secured."
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various
His hints about pipes are very extensively followed, and nowadays every ambitious young pressman smokes in public at least one well-burnt briar with an eccentric stem—even at some personal inconvenience.
From Certain Personal Matters by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
There were churches too, which we discovered to be such by their construction and the massiveness of their walls; many of them of considerable size, and built of well-burnt bricks.
From Hurricane Hurry by William Henry Giles Kingston
Stocks, hard, sound, well-burnt bricks, used for all ordinary purposes.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various
Buck looked over and saw a lean, dark man hugging his knees and smoking a well-burnt briar pipe.
From The Golden Woman A Story of the Montana Hills by Ridgwell Cullum
