Tam O Shanter Poet Crossword Clue

We think the answer is "BURNS" which means:

noun
• • United states comedian and film actor (1896-1996)
• • Celebrated scottish poet (1759-1796)
verb
• • To cause to be consumed by fire.
• • To be consumed by fire, or in flames.
• • To overheat so as to make unusable.
• • To become overheated to the point of being unusable.
• • To make or produce by the application of fire or burning heat.
• • To injure (a person or animal) with heat or chemicals that produce similar damage.
• • To cauterize.
• • To sunburn.
• • To consume, injure, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat; to affect as fire or heat does.
• • To be hot, e.g. due to embarrassment.
• • To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize.
• • To combine energetically, with evolution of heat.
• • To write data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a rom chip.
• • To betray.
• • To insult or defeat.
• • To waste (time); to waste money or other resources.
• • In certain games, to approach near to a concealed object which is sought.
• • To accidentally touch a moving stone.
• • In pontoon, to swap a pair of cards for another pair, or to deal a dead card.
• • To increase the exposure for certain areas of a print in order to make them lighter (compare dodge).
• • (of an element) to be converted to another element in a nuclear fusion reaction, especially in a star
• • To discard.
• • To shoot someone with a firearm.

An example sentence would be:

• • "She burns incense to create a soothing aroma in her home."
• • "He accidentally burns the toast while making breakfast."

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