burning-mirror — burnˈing mirror noun A concave mirror for producing fire or heat by concentrating the sun s rays • • • Main Entry: ↑burn … Useful english dictionary
Burning — Burn ing, n. The act of consuming by fire or heat, or of subjecting to the effect of fire or heat; the state of being on fire or excessively heated. [1913 Webster] {Burning fluid}, any volatile illuminating oil, as the lighter petroleums (naphtha … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Burning fluid — Burning Burn ing, n. The act of consuming by fire or heat, or of subjecting to the effect of fire or heat; the state of being on fire or excessively heated. [1913 Webster] {Burning fluid}, any volatile illuminating oil, as the lighter petroleums… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Burning glass — Burning Burn ing, n. The act of consuming by fire or heat, or of subjecting to the effect of fire or heat; the state of being on fire or excessively heated. [1913 Webster] {Burning fluid}, any volatile illuminating oil, as the lighter petroleums… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Burning house — Burning Burn ing, n. The act of consuming by fire or heat, or of subjecting to the effect of fire or heat; the state of being on fire or excessively heated. [1913 Webster] {Burning fluid}, any volatile illuminating oil, as the lighter petroleums… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Burning-glass — A burning glass is a large convex lens that can concentrate the sun s rays onto a small area, heating up the area and thus resulting in ignition of the exposed surface. They were used in 18th century chemical studies for burning materials in… … Wikipedia
Burning Your Boats — Burning Your Boats: The Collected Short Stories (1995) is a posthumously published collection of Angela Carter s short stories. It includes stories previously collected in her other short story collections: (1974), The Bloody Chamber and Other… … Wikipedia
Mirror — looking glass redirects here. For other uses, see Looking Glass (disambiguation). This article is about wave reflectors (mainly, specular reflection of visible light). For other uses, see Mirror (disambiguation). A mirror, reflecting a vase A… … Wikipedia
Mirror Monster — The Mirror Monsters (ミラーモンスター, Mirā Monsutā?) are the fictional central antagonists of the 2002 Kamen Rider Series Kamen Rider Ryuki. These are man eating monsters that exist with the Mirror World. Much of the series focuses on the Mirror… … Wikipedia
Mirror punishment — A mirror punishment is a penal form of poetic justice which reflects the nature or means of the crime in the means of (often physical) punishment as a form of retributive justice the practice of “repaying” a wrongdoer ‘in kind’. It can be an… … Wikipedia
