\Burnt\, p. p. & a.
Consumed with, or as with, fire; scorched or dried, as with
fire or heat; baked or hardened in the fire or the sun.
{Burnt ear}, a black, powdery fungus which destroys grain.
   See {Smut}.
{Burnt offering}, something offered and burnt on an altar, as
   an atonement for sin; a sacrifice. The offerings of the
   Jews were a clean animal, as an ox, a calf, a goat, or a
   sheep; or some vegetable substance, as bread, or ears of
   wheat or barley. Called also {burnt sacrifice}. --[2 Sam.
   xxiv. 22.]