BPage 313
- English Word Burgomaster Definition A chief magistrate of a municipal town in Holland, Flanders, and Germany, corresponding to mayor in England and the United States; a burghmaster.
- English Word Burgomaster Definition An aquatic bird, the glaucous gull (Larus glaucus), common in arctic regions.
- English Word Burgonet Definition A kind of helmet.
- English Word Burgoo Definition A kind of oatmeal pudding, or thick gruel, used by seamen.
- English Word Burgrass Definition Grass of the genus Cenchrus, growing in sand, and having burs for fruit.
- English Word Burgrave Definition See Burggrave.
- English Word Burgundy Definition An old province of France (in the eastern central part).
- English Word Burgundy Definition A richly flavored wine, mostly red, made in Burgundy, France.
- English Word Burh Definition See Burg.
- English Word Burhel Definition Alt. of Burrhel
- English Word Burial Definition A grave; a tomb; a place of sepulture.
- English Word Burial Definition The act of burying; depositing a dead body in the earth, in a tomb or vault, or in the water, usually with attendant ceremonies; sepulture; interment.
- English Word Buried Definition of Bury
- English Word Burier Definition One who, or that which, buries.
- English Word Burin Definition The cutting tool of an engraver on metal, used in line engraving. It is made of tempered steel, one end being ground off obliquely so as to produce a sharp point, and the other end inserted in a handle; a graver; also, the similarly shaped tool used by workers in marble.
- English Word Burin Definition The manner or style of execution of an engraver; as, a soft burin; a brilliant burin.
- English Word Burinist Definition One who works with the burin.
- English Word Burion Definition The red-breasted house sparrow of California (Carpodacus frontalis); -- called also crimson-fronted bullfinch.
- English Word Burke Definition To murder by suffocation, or so as to produce few marks of violence, for the purpose of obtaining a body to be sold for dissection.
- English Word Burke Definition To dispose of quietly or indirectly; to suppress; to smother; to shelve; as, to burke a parliamentary question.
- English Word Burked Definition of Burke
- English Word Burking Definition of Burke
- English Word Burkism Definition The practice of killing persons for the purpose of selling their bodies for dissection.
- English Word Burl Definition To dress or finish up (cloth); to pick knots, burs, loose threads, etc., from, as in finishing cloth.
- English Word Burl Definition A knot or lump in thread or cloth.
- English Word Burl Definition An overgrown knot, or an excrescence, on a tree; also, veneer made from such excrescences.
- English Word Burlap Definition A coarse fabric, made of jute or hemp, used for bagging; also, a finer variety of similar material, used for curtains, etc.
- English Word Burled Definition of Burl
- English Word Burler Definition One who burls or dresses cloth.
- English Word Burlesque Definition Tending to excite laughter or contempt by extravagant images, or by a contrast between the subject and the manner of treating it, as when a trifling subject is treated with mock gravity; jocular; ironical.