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Com*bus"ti*ble (?), n. A
substance that may be set on fire, or which is liable to take
fire and burn.

All such combustibles as are cheap enough
for common use go under the name of fuel.

Ure.

Com*bus"ti*ble*ness, n.
Combustibility.

Com*bus"tion (?; 106), n. [L.
combustio: cf. F. combustion.] 1.
The state of burning.

2. (Chem.) The combination of a
combustible with a supporter of combustion, producing heat, and
sometimes both light and heat.

Combustion results in common cases from the
mutual chemical action and reaction of the combustible and the
oxygen of the atmosphere, whereby a new compound is formed.

Ure.

Supporter of combustion (Chem.),
a gas, as oxygen, the combination of which with a
combustible, as coal, constitutes combustion.

3. Violent agitation; confusion;
tumult. [Obs.]

There [were] great combustions and
divisions among the heads of the university.

Mede.

But say from whence this new combustion
springs.


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