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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Burner \Burn"er\, n.
1. One who or that which burns or sets fire to anything
2. The part of a lamp, gas fixture, etc., where the flame is
produced.
{Bunsen's burner} (Chem.), a kind of burner, invented by
Professor Bunsen of Heidelberg, consisting of a straight
tube, four or five inches in length, having small holes
for the entrance of air at the bottom. Illuminating gas
being also admitted at the bottom, a mixture of gas and
air is formed which burns at the top with a feebly
luminous but intensely hot flame.
{Argand burner}, {Rose burner}, etc See under {Argand},
{Rose}, etc
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
burner
n : an apparatus for burning fuel (or refuse)
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