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AMBIDEXTER(law)
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Burn(medicine)
burn(2)(dictionary)
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Burn rate(money)

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burn(1) (iou)



burn noun1. Now Scot. & north.
[Old English burna, burne, burn, corresp. to Old Frisian burna, Middle Low German borne, born, Middle Dutch borne (Low German, Dutch born), repr. metath. var. of Germanic base of Old Saxon, Old High German brunno (Dutch bron, German Brunnen), Old Norse brunnr, Gothic brunna: cf. BOURN noun1.]
A stream, a brook, a spring.

ambidexter (iou)



ambidexter noun & adjective. Now rare. LME.
[Late Latin, from Latin AMBI- + dexter right-handed.]
A. noun.
A double-dealer; spec. in Law, a person who takes bribes or fees from both sides. LME.
A person able to use left and right hands equally well; fig. a person of unusual dexterity. L16.
b. adjective.
= AMBIDEXTROUS 2. L16.
= AMBIDEXTROUS 1. M17.
Two-sided. E19.