bûcher

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1) woodshed enclosed, roofed structure, often an outbuilding, used primarily to store firewood
 * 2) pyre funeral pile; combustible heap on which corpses are burned
 * 3) stake pile of wood on which a person condemned to death is burned
 * 4)  the flames of Hell

Etymology 2
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Verb

 * 1) to hew
 * 2)  to slug away, to hit the books