combustt (kombust)

[ Combust materes and coagulate. Chaucer, Prol. to Canon's Yeoman's Tale, 1. 258. Hence-2. In astron ., so near the sun as to be obscured by it, or not more than 84° from it. And if I hadde, O Venus ful of myrthe, Aspectes badde of Mars or of Saturne, Or thou combust or let were in my byrthe. Chaucer, Troilus, iii. 717. Who can discern those planets that are oft Combust ? IMG:content-0850.png:[ocr errors] Same