slow-burning

English

Etymology

slow +‎ burning

Adjective

slow-burning (comparative more slow-burning, superlative most slow-burning)

  1. Which burns more slowly than comparable objects.
    Just before boarding the vessel that he was attacking, Blackbeard would take slow-burning fuse matches and, with bright red ribbon, tie them in his hair and beard. When lit, these smoking matches gave him the appearance of the Devil.
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