† burn-bakev.
Obsolete.
= burn-beat v.
Derivatives
ˈburn-baking n.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > reclamation > [noun] > clearing land > burning off refuse
burrow1602
denshiring1607
burning1669
burn-baking1769
burn1792
burning off1800
burnbeating1808
stifle-burning1844
burn-off1861
bush burn1861
bush-burning1898
slash-burning1919
1769 A. Hunter Georgical Ess. ii. 36 What happens after the operation of Burn-baking.
burn-beaked adj.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > reclamation > [adjective] > cleared > with refuse burnt off
burn-baited1681
burn-beakeda1722
swidden1951
a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1752) 163 He is very much against feeding burn-beaked wheat.
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