See Also: burner(dictionary)
burner(dictionary)
burner(medicine)
Bunsen burner(medicine)
burner syndrome(medicine)
Bunsen burner(dictionary)
back-burner(dictionary)
Burner - Bowling(gambling)
Worm-Burner - Baseball(gambling)
Ringing Ten-Burner - Bowling(gambling)

dreg (iou) and burner (oh)


dreg (iou)



dreg noun & verb. ME.

A. noun sing. & (usu.) in pl.
The sediment of a liquor; grounds, lees. ME.
Dickens He flings the dregs of his Wine at Edwin.
Excrement; rubbish; corrupt matter. ME-M17.
The most worthless part or parts; the refuse. M16.
W. Styron You must be part of the bottomless dregs of this loathsome city.
The last remains or traces; sing. a small remnant, a small quantity or drop. L16.
E. Bowen At first, in those dregs of daylight, he saw nobody there.
B. verb trans. Infl. -gg-. Make dreggy. rare. E17-E19.
dreggish adjective (now rare) of the Nature of dregs or refuse; affected by dregs; fig. base, vile: M16.
dreggy adjective containing dregs; of the Nature of dregs; turbid, polluted; impure: LME.

burner (oh)



BrE the part of an oven or heater that produces heat or a flame
::a gas burner
burner, oven, hotplate, timer
AmE one of the round parts on the top of a cooker that produce heat
put/leave sth on the back burner
informal to delay doing something until a later time
::The government quietly put the scheme on the back burner.
-see also Bunsen burner