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Definition of Overburned
1. overburn [v] - See also: overburn
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overburned
Literary usage of Overburned
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Materials of Construction: Their Manufacture, Properties, and Uses by Adelbert Philo Mills (1915)
"Both the overburned and ... but the overburned material must be ... or overburned
material has been rejected by the manufacturer. ..."
2. Notes on Illinois Bituminous Shales, Including Results of Their Experimental by Nellie Okla Barrett (1922)
"Summary overburned Overburned badly The clay has a medium strength and a medium
bonding ... At cone 9 the sample is overburned. It is a non-refractory clay. ..."
3. A Manual of Forestry by William Schlich (1896)
"When dark black and dull, charcoal is soft, friable and has been overburned.
Good charcoal when struck gives a metallic sound, which is clearly apparent on ..."
4. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1916)
"Comparative hydration tests of under- burned, normal and overburned cements showed
that the ... The overburned material was slower in reacting while the ..."
5. Popular Science Monthly (1901)
"If it is overburned it becomes like slag. If it is burned too long, it falls to
powder on cooling. Uneven burning is more common in vertical than in rotary ..."
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