to burn a hole;  to burn letters into a block

The great Chinese people have suffered grievous losses; Chungking has been almost wiped out of existence – yet it remains the capital of an unbeatable China.

The Welch Glaive is a kind of bill, ſometimes reckoned among the pole axes. They were formerly much in uſe. … In the Britiſh Muſeum there is an entry of a warrant, granted to Nicholas Spicer, authoriſing him to impreſs ſmiths for making two thouſand Welch bills or glaives.

The minimization of the number of container rehandlings is, thus, the most important issue in this case.