Burnt-offering
1Burnt Offering — was a punk fanzine based in and around Northampton, England, from 1979 to 1980.Fact|date=October 2007 In keeping with the DIY style of the time, Burnt Offering s house style was a mixture of badly typed articles, ransom note effect lettering and… …
2Burnt offering — Offering Of fer*ing, n. 1. The act of an offerer; a proffering. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is offered, esp. in divine service; that which is presented as an expiation or atonement for sin, or as a free gift; a sacrifice; an oblation; as, sin… …
3Burnt offering — Burnt 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. [1913 Webster] {Burnt ear}, a black, powdery fungus which destroys grain. See {Smut}. {Burnt offering},… …
4burnt offering — n. an animal, food, etc. burned at an altar as an offering or sacrifice to a god …
5burnt offering — noun count something that is burned on an ALTAR and offered to God …
6Burnt offering — Hebrew olah; i.e., ascending, the whole being consumed by fire, and regarded as ascending to God while being consumed. Part of every offering was burnt in the sacred fire, but this was wholly burnt, a whole burnt offering. It was the most… …
7burnt offering — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms burnt offering : singular burnt offering plural burnt offerings 1) something that is burnt on an altar and offered to God 2) humorous food that someone has burnt by mistake …
8burnt offering — /bɜnt ˈɒfərɪŋ/ (say bernt ofuhring) noun 1. an offering burnt upon an altar in sacrifice to a deity. 2. a flawed gift or presentation: *Even with a good cast – including James Mason, Ian Gilmour and Wendy Hughes – this really is a burnt offering …
9burnt offering — n. burned food; a badly cooked meal. □ Everything I try to cook turns out to be a burnt offering. □ All I have to look forward to after work is a burnt offering …
10burnt offering — burnt′ of′fering n. an offering burnt upon an altar in sacrifice to a deity • Etymology: 1350–1400 …
