† comˈbusture Obs. rare.
[ad. late L. combūstūr-a a burning, f. combūst- ppl. stem of combūrĕre, to combure.]
Combustion, burning.
| 1609 Bp. Barlow Answ. Nameless Catholic 11 If the Parlament House had burned..the Iesuites..would..haue sung to their instruments the Destruction of Troy in that combusture of the Senate. |