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Combust
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
1. Burnt; consumed. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. So near the sun as to be obscured or eclipsed by his light, as the moon or planets when not more than eight degrees and a half from the sun. [Obs.] Planets that are oft combust. Milton.