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windburned

adjective

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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: From wind + burned.

  1. Of people or body parts: suffering from windburn.

    1916, Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe, Lord Northcliffe’s War Book, New York: George H. Doran, ‘What to Send “Your Soldier”,’ p. 55, Vaseline is a good gift. It can be used for may purposes. It serves as a lubricant. It eases feet that have marched far. It is good for burns. It relieves the pain of sunburnt or windburnt skin.

    A more vivid red mounted the boy’s windburned face.

  2. Of plants: dried or damaged by the wind.

    The morning air blew down a fragrant whiff, Combing the wind-burnt grasses on the cliff.

    […] the same general rules apply to wind-burned trees as to those injured by frost. You should wait until the full extent of the injury is apparent before cutting back.