noun.
The crime of intentionally and illegally setting fire to a building or other structure.
noun.
An instance of this crime.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
A saddlebow; sometimes, a saddle.
noun.
In law, the malicious burning of a dwelling-house or outhouse of another.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
The malicious burning of a dwelling house or outhouse of another man, which by the common law is felony; the malicious and voluntary firing of a building or ship.