The corpus record — Latin

ustŭlo

ustŭlo · v. a

to burn a little

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What it meant

ustŭlo — Lewis & Short

ustŭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.id..

I Lit.

A In gen., to burn a little, to scorch, singe (very rare; syn. amburo): palos, Vitr. 5, 12: taleas oleagineas, id. 1, 5: caput ferventi ferro, i. e. to crisp the hair, Auct. Priap. 46.—*

B Pregn., to burn up, consume by fire: scripta lignis, Cat. 36, 8.— *

II Transf., to pinch, nip, or blast with cold: gemmas (arboris) frigoris aurā, Auct. Priap. 62.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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