COMBUST, adjective When a planet is in conjunction with the sun or apparently very near it, it is said to be combust or in combustion. The distance within which this epithet is applicable to a planet, is said by some writers to be 8 degrees; others say, within the distance of half the suns disk.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.