• Slow-burning

    Full definition of slow-burning

    Adjective

    slow-burning

    1. Of or pertaining to something 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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