Usually means: Lens focusing sunlight to ignite.
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  1. burning glass: Merriam-Webster
  2. burning glass: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. burning glass: Collins English Dictionary
  4. burning-glass, burning glass: Wordnik
  5. burning-glass: Wiktionary
  6. burning glass: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. Burning glass, burning glass: Dictionary.com
  8. Burning-glass, Burning glass: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. burning-glass: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. burning glass: FreeDictionary.org
  11. burning glass: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Burning-glass, burning glass: Encyclopedia

Definitions from Wiktionary (burning glass)

noun:  A large convex lens or concave mirror that can concentrate the sun's rays onto a small area, heating up the area and thus resulting in ignition of the exposed surface.

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