[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sacrifice \sac"rifice\ ?; 277, n. oe. sacrifise, sacrifice,
   f. sacrifice, fr. l. sacrificium; sacer sacred + facere to
   make. see sacred, and fact.
   1. the offering of anything to god, or to a god; consecratory
      rite.
      1913 webster

            great pomp, and sacrifice, and praises loud,
            to dagon.                             --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. anything consecrated and offered to god, or to a divinity;
      an immolated victim, or an offering of any kind, laid upon
      an altar, or otherwise presented in the way of religious
      thanksgiving, atonement, or conciliation.
      1913 webster

            moloch, horrid king, besmeared with blood
            of human sacrifice.                   --milton.
      1913 webster

            my life, if thou preserv'st my life,
            thy sacrifice shall be.               --addison.
      1913 webster

   3. destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of
      something else; devotion of some desirable object in
      behalf of a higher object, or to a claim deemed more
      pressing; hence, also, the thing so devoted or given up;
      as, the sacrifice of interest to pleasure, or of pleasure
      to interest.
      1913 webster

   4. a sale at a price less than the cost or the actual value.
      tradesmen's cant
      1913 webster

   burnt sacrifice. see burnt offering, under burnt.

   sacrifice hit baseball, in batting, a hit of such a kind
      that the batter loses his chance of tallying, but enables
      one or more who are on bases to get home or gain a base.
      1913 webster
see also:
sacred fact burnt sacrifice burnt offering burnt sacrifice hit 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

burnt \burnt\, p. p.  a.
   consumed with, or as with, fire; scorched or dried, as with
   fire or heat; baked or hardened in the fire or the sun.
   1913 webster

   burnt ear, a black, powdery fungus which destroys grain.
      see smut.

   burnt offering, something offered and burnt on an altar, as
      an atonement for sin; a sacrifice. the offerings of the
      jews were a clean animal, as an ox, a calf, a goat, or a
      sheep; or some vegetable substance, as bread, or ears of
      wheat or barley. called also burnt sacrifice. --2 sam.
      xxiv. 22.
      1913 webster
see also:
burnt ear smut burnt offering burnt sacrifice 

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