(transitive, dated) To clear land by laying light pieces of round timber across the trunks of the trees and setting fire to them at the point of contact, by which means the trees are slowly burned through.

(offensive, ethnic slur, vulgar, see usage notes) A black person; a person of black African descent.

(offensive, ethnic slur) Synonym of niggerization

simple past tense and past participle of nigger

present participle of nigger

(offensive, historical) A given name for a black pet.

(highly offensive, derogatory) Niger (country).

(obsolete) The process of treating wood with a coal tar mixture under high pressure, for the purpose of increasing acid resistance.

(offensive, ethnic slur) The usually systematic act of dehumanizing people, usually black people. / (offensive) The act or process of being exposed or subjected to black people or their influence.

present participle of niggerize