BUNGLEBun"gle, n.
Defn: A clumsy or awkward performance; a botch; a gross blunder.Those errors and bungles which are committed. Cudworth.
BUNGLERBun"gler, n.
Defn: A clumsy, awkward workman; one who bungles. If to be a dunce or a bungler in any profession be shameful, how much more ignominious and infamous to a scholar to be such! Barrow.
BUNGLINGBun"gling, a.
Defn: Unskillful; awkward; clumsy; as, a bungling workman. Swift.They make but bungling work. Dryden.
BUNGLINGLYBun"gling*ly, adv.
Defn: Clumsily; awkwardly.
BUNGOBun"go, n. (Naut.)
Defn: A kind of canoe used in Central and South America; also, a kind of boat used in the Southern United States. Bartlett.
BUNIONBun"ion, n. (Med.)
Defn: Same as Bunyon.
BUNKBunk, n. Etym: [Cf. OSw. bunke heap, also boaring, flooring. Cf.Bunch.]
1. A wooden case or box, which serves for a seat in the daytime and for a bed at night. [U.S.]
2. One of a series of berths or bed places in tiers.
3. A piece of wood placed on a lumberman's sled to sustain the end of heavy timbers. [Local, U.S.]
BUNKBunk, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bunked; p. pr. & vb. n. Bunking.]
Defn: To go to bed in a bunk; — sometimes with in. [Colloq. U.S.]Bartlett.
BUNKER Bun"ker, n. Etym: [Scot. bunker, bunkart, a bench, or low chest, serving for a seat. Cf. Bunk, Bank, Bench.]
1. A sort of chest or box, as in a window, the lid of which serves for a seat. [Scot.] Jamieson.
2. A large bin or similar receptacle; as, a coal bunker.
BUNKOBun"ko, n. Etym: [Sf. Sp. banco bank, banca a sort of game at cards.Cf. Bank (in the commercial sense).]
Defn: A kind of swindling game or scheme, by means of cards or by a sham lottery. [Written also bunco.] Bunko steerer, a person employed as a decoy in bunko. [Slang, U.S.]
BUNKUMBun"kum, n.
Defn: See Buncombe.
BUNNBunn, n.
Defn: See Bun.
BUNNIANBun"nian, n.
Defn: See Bunyon.
BUNNYBun"ny, n. (Mining)
Defn: A great collection of ore without any vein coming into it or going out from it.
BUNNYBun"ny, n.
Defn: A pet name for a rabbit or a squirrel.
BUNODONTA; BUNODONTSBu`no*don"ta, Bu"no*donts, n. pl. Etym: [NL. bunodonta, fr. Gr.(Zoöl.)
Defn: A division of the herbivorous mammals including the hogs and hippopotami; — so called because the teeth are tuberculated.
BUNSEN CELLBun"sen cell. (Elec.)
Defn: A zinc-carbon cell in which the zinc (amalgamated) is surrounded by dilute sulphuric acid, and the carbon by nitric acid or a chromic acid mixture, the two plates being separated by a porous cup.
BUNSEN'S BATTERY; BUNSEN'S BURNERBun"sen's bat"ter*y, Bun"sen's burn`er.
Defn: See under Battery, and Burner.
BUNTBunt, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A fungus (Ustilago foetida) which affects the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a fetid dust; — also called pepperbrand.
BUNTBunt, n. Etym: [Cf. Sw. bunt bundle, Dan. bundt, G. bund, E. bundle.](Naut.)
Defn: The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard. Totten.
BUNTBunt, v. i. (Naut.)
Defn: To swell out; as, the sail bunts.
BUNTBunt, v. t. & i.
Defn: To strike or push with the horns or head; to butt; as, the ram bunted the boy.
BUNTERBun"ter, n.
Defn: A woman who picks up rags in the streets; hence, a low, vulgarwoman. [Cant]Her . . . daughters, like bunters in stuff gowns. Goldsmith.
BUNTING Bun"ting, n. Etym: [Scot. buntlin, corn-buntlin, OE. bunting, buntyle; of unknown origin.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A bird of the genus Emberiza, or of an allied genus, related to the finches and sparrows (family Fringillidæ).
Note: Among European species are the common or corn bunting (Emberiza miliaria); the ortolan (E. hortulana); the cirl (E. cirlus); and the black-headed (Granitivora melanocephala). American species are the bay-winged or grass (Poöcætes or Pooecetes gramineus); the black- throated (Spiza Americana); the towhee bunting or chewink (Pipilo); the snow bunting (Plectrophanax nivalis); the rice bunting or bobolink, and others. See Ortolan, Chewick, Snow bunting, Lark bunting.
BUNTING; BUNTINE Bun"ting, Bun"tine, n. Etym: [Prov. E. bunting sifting flour, OE. bonten to sift, hence prob. the material used for that purpose.]
Defn: A thin woolen stuff, used chiefly for flags, colors, and ships' signals.
BUNTLINEBunt"line, n. Etym: [2d bunt + line.] (Naut.)
Defn: One of the ropes toggled to the footrope of a sail, used to haul up to the yard the body of the sail when taking it in. Totten.
BUNYON; BUNIONBun"yon, Bun"ion, n. Etym: [Cf. Prov. E. bunny a small swelling, fr.OF. bugne, It. bugna, bugnone. See Bun.] (Med.)
Defn: An enlargement and inflammation of a small membranous sac (one of the bursæ muscosæ), usually occurring on the first joint of the great toe.
BUOY Buoy, n. Etym: [D. boei buoy, fetter, fr. OF. boie, buie, chain, fetter, F. bouée a buoy, from L. boia. "Boiae genus vinculorum tam ferreae quam ligneae." Festus. So called because chained to its place.] (Naut.)
Defn: A float; esp. a floating object moored to the bottom, to mark a channel or to point out the position of something beneath the water, as an anchor, shoal, rock, etc. Anchor buoy, a buoy attached to, or marking the position of, an anchor. — Bell buoy, a large buoy on which a bell is mounted, to be rung by the motion of the waves. — Breeches buoy. See under Breeches. — Cable buoy, an empty cask employed to buoy up the cable in rocky anchorage. — Can buoy, a hollow buoy made of sheet or boiler iron, usually conical or pear-shaped. — Life buoy, a float intended to support persons who have fallen into the water, until a boat can be dispatched to save them. — Nut or Nun buoy, a buoy large in the middle, and tapering nearly to a point at each end. — To stream the buoy, to let the anchor buoy fall by the ship's side into the water, before letting go the anchor. — Whistling buoy, a buoy fitted with a whistle that is blown by the action of the waves.
BUOYBuoy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Buoyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Buoying.]
1. To keep from sinking in a fluid, as in water or air; to keep afloat; — with up.
2. To support or sustain; to preserve from sinking into ruin or despondency. Those old prejudices, which buoy up the ponderous mass of his nobility, wealth, and title. Burke.
3. To fix buoys to; to mark by a buoy or by buoys; as, to buoy an anchor; to buoy or buoy off a channel. Not one rock near the surface was discovered which was not buoyed by this floating weed. Darwin.
BUOYBuoy, v. i.
Defn: To float; to rise like a buoy. "Rising merit will buoy up at last." Pope.
BUOYAGEBuoy"age, n.
Defn: Buoys, taken collectively; a series of buoys, as for the guidance of vessels into or out of port; the providing of buoys.
BUOYANCEBuoy"ance, n.
Defn: Buoyancy. [R.]
BUOYANCYBuoy"an*cy, n.; pl. Buoyancies (.
1. The property of floating on the surface of a liquid, or in a fluid, as in the atmosphere; specific lightness, which is inversely as the weight compared with that of an equal volume of water.
2. (Physics)
Defn: The upward pressure exerted upon a floating body by a fluid, which is equal to the weight of the body; hence, also, the weight of a floating body, as measured by the volume of fluid displaced. Such are buoyancies or displacements of the different classes of her majesty's ships. Eng. Cyc.
3. Cheerfulness; vivacity; liveliness; sprightliness; — the opposite of Ant: heaviness; as, buoyancy of spirits.
BUOYANTBuoy"ant, a. Etym: [From Buoy, v. t. & i.]
1. Having the quality of rising or floating in a fluid; tending to rise or float; as, iron is buoyant in mercury. "Buoyant on the flood." Pope.
2. Bearing up, as a fluid; sustaining another body by being specifically heavier. The water under me was buoyant. Dryden.
3. Light-hearted; vivacious; cheerful; as, a buoyant disposition; buoyant spirits. — Buoy"ant*ly, adv.
BUPRESTIDANBu*pres"ti*dan, n. Etym: [L. buprestis, Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of a tribe of beetles, of the genus Buprestis and allied genera, usually with brilliant metallic colors. The larvæ are usually bores in timber, or beneath bark, and are often very destructive to trees.
BUR; BURR Bur, Burr, n. Etym: [OE. burre burdock; cf. Dan. borre, OSw. borra, burdock, thistle; perh. akin to E. bristle (burr- for burz-), or perh. to F. bourre hair, wool, stuff; also, according to Cotgrave, "the downe, or hairie coat, wherewith divers herbes, fruits, and flowers, are covered," fr. L. burrae trifles, LL. reburrus rough.]
1. (Bot.)
Defn: Any rough or prickly envelope of the seeds of plants, whether a pericarp, a persistent calyx, or an involucre, as of the chestnut and burdock. Also, any weed which bears burs. Amongst rude burs and thistles. Milton. Bur and brake and brier. Tennyson.
2. The thin ridge left by a tool in cutting or shaping metal. See Burr, n., 2.
3. A ring of iron on a lance or spear. See Burr, n., 4.
4. The lobe of the ear. See Burr, n., 5.
5. The sweetbread.
6. A clinker; a partially vitrified brick.
7. (Mech.) (a) A small circular saw. (b) A triangular chisel. (c) A drill with a serrated head larger than the shank; — used by dentists.
8. Etym: [Cf. Gael. borr, borra, a knob, bunch.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The round knob of an antler next to a deer's head. [Commonly written burr.] Bur oak (Bot.), a useful and ornamental species of oak (Quercus macrocarpa) with ovoid acorns inclosed in deep cups imbricated with pointed scales. It grows in the Middle and Western United States, and its wood is tough, close-grained, and durable. — Bur reed (Bot.), a plant of the genus Sparganium, having long ribbonlike leaves.
BURBOLTBur"bolt`, n.
Defn: A birdbolt. [Obs.] Ford.
BURBOTBur"bot, n. Etym: [F. barbote, fr. barbe beard. See 1st Barb.](Zoöl.)
Defn: A fresh-water fish of the genus Lota, having on the nose two very small barbels, and a larger one on the chin. [Written also burbolt.]
Note: The fish is also called an eelpout or ling, and is allied tothe codfish. The Lota vulgaris is a common European species. AnAmerican species (L. maculosa) is found in New England, the GreatLakes, and farther north.
BURDELAISBur`de*lais", n. Etym: [F. bourdelais, prob. fr. bordelais. SeeBordelais.]
Defn: A sort of grape. Jonson.
BURDEN Bur"den, n. [Written also burthen.] Etym: [OE. burden, burthen, birthen, birden, AS. byredhen; akin to Icel. byredhi, Dan. byrde, Sw. börda, G. bürde, OHG. burdi, Goth. baúr, fr. the root of E. bear, AS. beran, Goth. bairan. *92. See 1st Bear.]
1. That which is borne or carried; a load. Plants with goodly burden bowing. Shak.
2. That which is borne with labor or difficulty; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive. Deaf, giddy, helpless, left alone, To all my friends a burden grown. Swift.
3. The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry; as, a ship of a hundred tons burden.
4. (Mining)
Defn: The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.
5. (Metal.)
Defn: The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace. Raymond.
6. A fixed quantity of certain commodities; as, a burden of gad steel, 120 pounds.
7. A birth. [Obs. & R.] Shak. Beast of burden, an animal employed in carrying burdens. — Burden of proof Etym: [L. onus probandi] (Law), the duty of proving a particular position in a court of law, a failure in the performance of which duty calls for judgment against the party on whom the duty is imposed.
Syn. — Burden, Load. A burden is, in the literal sense, a weight to be borne; a load is something laid upon us to be carried. Hence, when used figuratively, there is usually a difference between the two words. Our burdens may be of such a nature that we feel bound to bear them cheerfully or without complaint. They may arise from the nature of our situation; they may be allotments of Providence; they may be the consequences of our errors. What is upon us, as a load, we commonly carry with greater reluctance or sense of oppression. Men often find the charge of their own families to be a burden; but if to this be added a load of care for others, the pressure is usually serve and irksome.
BURDENBur"den, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Burdened; p. pr. & vb. n. Burdening.]
1. To encumber with weight (literal or figurative); to lay a heavy load upon; to load. I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened. 2 Cor. viii. 13.
2. To oppress with anything grievous or trying; to overload; as, to burden a nation with taxes. My burdened heart would break. Shak.
3. To impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a burden (something heavy or objectionable). [R.] It is absurd to burden this act on Cromwell. Coleridge.
Syn.— To load; encumber; overload; oppress.
BURDEN Bur"den, n. Etym: [OE. burdoun the bass in music, F. bourdon; cf. LL. burdo drone, a long organ pipe, a staff, a mule. Prob. of imitative origin. Cf. Bourdon.]
1. The verse repeated in a song, or the return of the theme at the end of each stanza; the chorus; refrain. Hence: That which is often repeated or which is dwelt upon; the main topic; as, the burden of a prayer. I would sing my song without a burden. Shak.
2. The drone of a bagpipe. Ruddiman.
BURDENBur"den, n. Etym: [See Burdon.]
Defn: A club. [Obs.] Spenser.
BURDENERBur"den*er, n.
Defn: One who loads; a oppressor.
BURDENOUSBur"den*ous, a.
Defn: Burdensome. [Obs.] "Burdenous taxations." Shak.
BURDENSOMEBur"den*some, a.
Defn: Grievous to be borne; causing uneasiness or fatigue;oppressive.The debt immense of endless gratitude So burdensome. Milton.
Syn.— Heavy; weighty; cumbersome; onerous; grievous; oppressive;troublesome.— Bur"den*some*ly, adv.— Bur"den*some*ness, n.
BURDOCKBur"dock, n. Etym: [Bur + dock the plant.] (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of coarse biennial herbs (Lappa), bearing small burs which adhere tenaciously to clothes, or to the fur or wool of animals.
Note: The common burdock is the Lappa officinalis.
BURDONBur"don, n. Etym: [See Bourdon.]
Defn: A pilgrim's staff. [Written also burden.] Rom. of R.
BUREAU Bu"reau, n.; pl. E. Bureaus, F. Bureaux. Etym: [F. bureau a writing table, desk, office, OF., drugget, with which a writing table was often covered, equiv. to F. bure, and fr. OF. buire dark brown, the stuff being named from its color, fr. L. burrus red, fr. Gr. Fire, n., and cf. Borel, n.]
1. Originally, a desk or writing table with drawers for papers. Swift.
2. The place where such a bureau is used; an office where business requiring writing is transacted.
3. Hence: A department of public business requiring a force of clerks; the body of officials in a department who labor under the direction of a chief.
Note: On the continent of Europe, the highest departments, in most countries, have the name of bureaux; as, the Bureau of the Minister of Foreign Affairs. In England and America, the term is confined to inferior and subordinate departments; as, the "Pension Bureau," a subdepartment of the Department of the Interior. [Obs.] In Spanish, bureo denotes a court of justice for the trial of persons belonging to the king's household.
4. A chest of drawers for clothes, especially when made as an ornamental piece of furniture. [U.S.] Bureau system. See Bureaucracy. — Bureau Veritas, an institution, in the interest of maritime underwriters, for the survey and rating of vessels all over the world. It was founded in Belgium in 1828, removed to Paris in 1830, and reëstablished in Brussels in 1870.
BUREAUCRACYBu*reau"cra*cy, n. Etym: [Bureau + Gr. bureaucratie.]
1. A system of carrying on the business of government by means of departments or bureaus, each under the control of a chief, in contradiction to a system in which the officers of government have an associated authority and responsibility; also, government conducted on this system.
2. Government officials, collectively.
BUREAUCRATBu*reau"crat, n.
Defn: An official of a bureau; esp. an official confirmed in a narrow and arbitrary routine. C. Kingsley.
BUREAUCRATIC; BUREAUCRATICAL Bu`reau*crat"ic, Bu`reau*crat"ic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. bureaucratique.]
Defn: Of, relating to, or resembling, a bureaucracy.
BUREAUCRATISTBu*reau"cra*tist, n.
Defn: An advocate for , or supporter of, bureaucracy.
BURELBur"el, n. & a.
Defn: Same as Borrel.
BURETTEBu*rette", n. Etym: [F., can, cruet, dim. of buire flagon.] (Chem.)
Defn: An apparatus for delivering measured quantities of liquid or for measuring the quantity of liquid or gas received or discharged. It consists essentially of a graduated glass tube, usually furnished with a small aperture and stopcock.
BUR FISHBur" fish`. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A spinose, plectognath fish of the Allantic coast of the United States (esp. Chilo mycterus geometricus) having the power of distending its body with water or air, so as to resemble a chestnut bur; — called also ball fish, balloon fish, and swellfish.
BURGBurg, n. Etym: [AS. burh, burg, cf. LL. burgus. See 1st Borough.]
1. A fortified town. [Obs.]
2. A borough. [Eng.] See 1st Borough.
BURGAGEBurg"age, n. Etym: [From Burg: cf. F. bourgage, LL. burgagium.] (Eng.Law)
Defn: A tenure by which houses or lands are held of the king or other lord of a borough or city; at a certain yearly rent, or by services relating to trade or handicraft. Burrill.
BURGALLBur"gall, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A small marine fish; — also called cunner.
BURGAMOTBur"ga*mot, n.
Defn: See Bergamot.
BURGANETBur"ga*net, n.
Defn: See Burgonet.
BURGEEBur"gee, n.
1. A kind of small coat.
2. (Naut.)
Defn: A swallow-tailed flag; a distinguishing pen
BURGEOISBur*geois", n. (Print.)
Defn: See 1st Bourgeous.
BURGEOISBur*geois", n.
Defn: A burgess; a citizen. See 2d Bourgeois. [R.] Addison.
BURGEONBur"geon, v. i.
Defn: To bud. See Bourgeon.
BURGESS Bur"gess, n. Etym: [OE. burgeis, OF. burgeis, fr. burcfortified town, town, F. bourg village, fr. LL. burgus fort, city; from the German; cf. MHG. burc, G. burg. See 1st Borough, and cf. 2d Bourgeois.]
1. An inhabitant of a borough or walled town, or one who possesses a tenement therein; a citizen or freeman of a borough. Blackstone.
Note: "A burgess of a borough corresponds with a citizen of a city."Burrill.
2. One who represents a borough in Parliament.
3. A magistrate of a borough.
4. An inhabitant of a Scotch burgh qualified to vote for municipal officers.
Note: Before the Revolution, the representatives in the popular branch of the legislature of Virginia were called burgesses; they are now called delegates. Burgess oath. See Burgher, 2.
BURGESS-SHIPBur"gess-ship, n.
Defn: The state of privilege of a burgess. South.
BURGGRAVE Burg"grave, n. Etym: [G. burggraf; burg fortress + graf count: cf. D. burggraaf, F. burgrave. See Margrave.] (Gremany)
Defn: Originally, one appointed to the command of a burg (fortress or castle); but the title afterward became hereditary, with a domain attached.
BURGHBurgh, n. Etym: [OE. See Burg.]
Defn: A borough or incorporated town, especially, one in Scotland.See Borough.
BURGHALBurgh"al, a.
Defn: Belonging of a burgh.
BURGHBOTEBurgh"bote`, n. Etym: [Burgh + bote.] (Old Law)
Defn: A contribution toward the building or repairing of castles or walls for the defense of a city or town.
BURGHBRECHBurgh"brech`, n. Etym: [Burgh + F. brèche, equiv. to E. breach.] (AS.Law)
Defn: The offense of violating the pledge given by every inhabitant of a tithing to keep the peace; breach of the peace. Burrill.
BURGHER Burgh"er, n. Etym: [From burgh; akin to D. burger, G. bürger, Dan. borger, Sw. borgare. See Burgh.]
1. A freeman of a burgh or borough, entitled to enjoy the privileges of the place; any inhabitant of a borough.
2. (Eccl. Hist.)
Defn: A member of that party, among the Scotch seceders, which asserted the lawfulness of the burgess oath (in which burgesses profess "the true religion professed within the realm"), the opposite party being called antiburghers.
Note: These parties arose among the Presbyterians of Scotland, in 1747, and in 1820 reunited under the name of the "United Associate Synod of the Secession Church."
BURGHERMASTERBurgh"er*mas`ter, n.
Defn: See Burgomaster.
BURGHERSHIPBurgh"er*ship, n.
Defn: The state or privileges of a burgher.
BURGHMASTERBurgh"mas`ter, n.
1. A burgomaster.
2. (Mining)
Defn: An officer who directs and lays out the meres or boundaries for the workmen; — called also bailiff, and barmaster. [Eng.]
BURGHMOTEBurgh"mote`, n. (AS. Law) Etym: [Burgh + mote meeting.]
Defn: A court or meeting of a burgh or borough; a borough court held three times yearly.
BURGLARBur"glar, n. Etym: [OE. burg town, F. bourg, fr. LL. burgus (ofGerman origin) + OF. lere thief, fr. L. latro. See Borough, andLarceny.] (Law)
Defn: One guilty of the crime of burglary. Burglar alarm, a device for giving alarm if a door or window is opened from without.
BURGLARERBur"glar*er, n.
Defn: A burglar. [Obs.]
BURGLARIOUSBur*gla"ri*ous, a.
Defn: Pertaining to burglary; constituting the crime of burglary.To come down a chimney is held a burglarious entry. Blackstone.
BURGLARIOUSLYBur*gla"ri*ous*ly, adv.
Defn: With an intent to commit burglary; in the manner of a burglar.Blackstone.
BURGLARY Bur"gla*ry, n.; pl. Burglaries (. Etym: [Fr. Burglar; cf. LL. burglaria.] (Law)
Defn: Breaking and entering the dwelling house of another, in the nighttime, with intent to commit a felony therein, whether the felonious purpose be accomplished or not. Wharton. Burrill.
Note: By statute law in some of the United States, burglary includes the breaking with felonious intent into a house by day as well as by night, and into other buildings than dwelling houses. Various degrees of the crime are established.
BURGOMASTERBur"go*mas`ter, n. Etym: [D. burgemeester; burg borough + meestermaster; akin to G. burgemeister, bürgermeister. See 1st Borough, andMaster.]
1. A chief magistrate of a municipal town in Holland, Flanders, and Germany, corresponding to mayor in England and the United States; a burghmaster.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: An aquatic bird, the glaucous gull (Larus glaucus), common in arctic regions.
BURGONETBur"go*net, n. Etym: [F. bouruignotte, because the Burgundians, F.Bouruignons, first used it.]
Defn: A kind of helmet. [Written also burganet.] Shak.
BURGOO Bur"goo, n. Etym: [Prov. E. burgood yeast, perh. fr. W. burym yeast + cawl cabbage, gruel.]
Defn: A kind of oatmeal pudding, or thick gruel, used by seamen.[Written also burgout.]
BURGRASSBur"grass`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: Grass of the genus Cenchrus, growing in sand, and having burs for fruit.
BURGRAVEBur"grave, n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: See Burggrave.
BURGUNDYBur"gun*dy, n.
1. An old province of France (in the eastern central part).
2. A richly flavored wine, mostly red, made in Burgundy, France. Burgundy pitch, a resinous substance prepared from the exudation of the Norway spruce (Abies excelsa) by melting in hot water and straining through cloth. The genuine Burgundy pitch, supposed to have been first prepared in Burgundy, is rare, but there are many imitations. It has a yellowish brown color, is translucent and hard, but viscous. It is used in medicinal plasters.
BURHBurh, n.
Defn: See Burg. [Obs.]
BURHEL; BURRHELBur"hel, Burr"hel, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The wild Himalayan, or blue, sheep (Ovis burrhel).
BURIAL Bur"i*al, n. Etym: [OE. buriel, buriels, grave, tomb, AS. byrgels, fr. byrgan to bury, and akin to OS. burgisli sepulcher.]
1. A grave; a tomb; a place of sepulture. [Obs.] The erthe schook, and stoones weren cloven, and biriels weren opened. Wycliff [Matt. xxvii. 51, 52].
2. 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. "To give a public burial." Shak. Now to glorious burial slowly borne. Tennyson. Burial case, a form of coffin, usually of iron, made to close air- tight, for the preservation of a dead body. — Burial ground, a piece of ground selected and set apart for a place of buriials, and consecrated to such use by religious ceremonies. — Burial place, any place where burials are made. — Burial service. (a) The religious service performed at the interment of the dead; a funeral service. (b) That portion of a liturgy which is read at an interment; as, the English burial service.
Syn.— Sepulture; interment; inhumation.
BURIERBur"i*er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, buries.Till the buriers have buried it. Ezek. xxxix. 15.And darkness be the burier of the dead. Shak.
BURIN Bu"rin, n. Etym: [F. burin, cf. It. burino, bulino; prob. from OHG. bora borer, boron to bore, G. bohren. See 1st Bore.]
1. 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.
2. The manner or style of execution of an engraver; as, a soft burin; a brilliant burin.
BURINISTBu"rin*ist, n.
Defn: One who works with the burin. For. Quart. Rev.
BURIONBu"ri*on, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The red-breasted house sparrow of California (Carpodacus frontalis); — called also crimson-fronted bullfinch. [Written also burrion.]
BURKEBurke, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Burkeder, p. pr. & vb.n. Burkinger.] Etym:[From one Burke of Edinburgh, who committed the crime in 1829.]
1. 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.
2. To dispose of quietly or indirectly; to suppress; to smother; to shelve; as, to burke a parliamentary question. The court could not burke an inquiry, supported by such a mass of a affidavits. C. Reade.
BURKISMBurk"ism, n.
Defn: The practice of killing persons for the purpose of selling their bodies for dissection.
BURLBurl, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Burled (; p. pr. & vb. n. Burling.] Etym:[OE. burle stuffing, or a knot in cloth; cf. F. bourlet, bourrelet,OF. bourel, a wreath or a roll of cloth, linen, or leather, stuffedwith flocks, etc., dim. of bourre. *92. See Bur.]
Defn: To dress or finish up (cloth); to pick knots, burs, loose threads, etc., from, as in finishing cloth. Burling iron, a peculiar kind of nippers or tweezers used in burling woolen cloth.
BURLBurl, n.
1. A knot or lump in thread or cloth.
2. An overgrown knot, or an excrescence, on a tree; also, veneer made from such excrescences.
BURLAPBur"lap, n.
Defn: A coarse fabric, made of jute or hemp, used for bagging; also, a finer variety of similar material, used for curtains, etc. [Written also burlaps.]
BURLERBurl"er, n.
Defn: One who burls or dresses cloth.
BURLESQUEBur*lesque", a. Etym: [F. burlesque, fr. It. burlesco, fr. burlajest, mockery, perh. for burrula, dim. of L. burrae trifles. SeeBur.]
Defn: 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. It is a dispute among the critics, whether burlesque poetry runs best in heroic verse, like that of the Dispensary, or in doggerel, like that of Hudibras. Addison.
BURLESQUEBur*lesque", n.
1. Ludicrous representation; exaggerated parody; grotesque satire. Burlesque is therefore of two kinds; the first represents mean persons in the accouterments of heroes, the other describes great persons acting and speaking like the basest among the people. Addison.
2. An ironical or satirical composition intended to excite laughter, or to ridicule anything. The dull burlesque appeared with impudence, And pleased by novelty in spite of sense. Dryden.
3. A ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross perversion. Who is it that admires, and from the heart is attached to, national representative assemblies, but must turn with horror and disgust from such a profane burlesque and abominable perversion of that sacred institute Burke.
Syn.— Mockery; farce; travesty; mimicry.
BURLESQUEBur*lesque", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Burlesqued; p. pr. & vb. n.Burlesquing.]
Defn: To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representationin action or in language.They burlesqued the prophet Jeremiah's words, and turned theexpression he used into ridicule. Stillingfleet.
BURLESQUEBur*lesque", v. i.
Defn: To employ burlesque.
BURLESQUERBur*les"quer, n.
Defn: One who burlesques.
BURLETTABur*let"ta, n. Etym: [It., dim. of burla mockery. See Burlesque, a.](Mus.)
Defn: A comic operetta; a music farce. Byron.
BURLINESSBur"li*ness, n.
Defn: Quality of being burly.
BURLY Bur"ly, a. Etym: [OE. burlich strong, excellent; perh. orig. fit for a lady's bower, hence handsome, manly, stout. Cf. Bower.]
1. Having a large, strong, or gross body; stout; lusty; — now used chiefly of human beings, but formerly of animals, in the sense of stately or beautiful, and of inanimate things that were huge and bulky. "Burly sacks." Drayton. In his latter days, with overliberal diet, [he was] somewhat corpulent and burly. Sir T. More. Burly and big, and studious of his ease. Cowper.
2. Coarse and rough; boisterous. It was the orator's own burly way of nonsense. Cowley.
BURMANBur"man, n.; pl. Burmans (. Etym: ["The softened modern M'yan-ma,M'yan-ma [native name] is the source of the European corruptionBurma." Balfour.], (Ethnol.)
Defn: A member of the Burman family, one of the four great families Burmah; also, sometimes, any inhabitant of Burmah; a Burmese. — a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to the Burmans or to Burmah.
BUR MARIGOLDBur" mar"i*gold.
Defn: See Beggar's ticks.
BURMESEBur`mese", a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to Burmah, or its inhabitants.— n. sing. & pl.
Defn: A native or the natives of Burmah. Also (sing.), the language of the Burmans.
BURN Burn, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Burned (Burnt (p. pr. & vb. n. Burning.] Etym: [OE. bernen, brennen, v.t., early confused with beornen, birnen, v.i., AS. bærnan, bernan, v.t., birnan, v.i.; akin to OS. brinnan, OFries. barna, berna, OHG. brinnan, brennan, G. brennen, OD. bernen, D. branden, Dan. brænde, Sw. bränna, brinna, Icel. brenna, Goth. brinnan, brannjan (in comp.), and possibly to E. fervent.]
1. To consume with fire; to reduce to ashes by the action of heat or fire; — frequently intensified by up: as, to burn up wood. "We'll burn his body in the holy place." Shak.
2. To injure by fire or heat; to change destructively some property or properties of, by undue exposure to fire or heat; to scorch; to scald; to blister; to singe; to char; to sear; as, to burn steel in forging; to burn one's face in the sun; the sun burns the grass.
3. To perfect or improve by fire or heat; to submit to the action of fire or heat for some economic purpose; to destroy or change some property or properties of, by exposure to fire or heat in due degree for obtaining a desired residuum, product, or effect; to bake; as, to burn clay in making bricks or pottery; to burn wood so as to produce charcoal; to burn limestone for the lime.
4. To make or produce, as an effect or result, by the application of fire or heat; as, to burn a hole; to burn charcoal; to burn letters into a block.
5. To consume, injure, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat; to affect as fire or heat does; as, to burn the mouth with pepper. This tyrant fever burns me up. Shak. This dry sorrow burns up all my tears. Dryden. When the cold north wind bloweth, . . . it devoureth the mountains, and burneth the wilderness, and consumeth the Ecclus. xliii. 20, 21.
6. (Surg.)
Defn: To apply a cautery to; to cauterize.
7. (Chem.)
Defn: To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize; as, a man burns a certain amount of carbon at each respiration; to burn iron in oxygen. To burn, To burn together, as two surfaces of metal (Engin.), to fuse and unite them by pouring over them a quantity of the same metal in a liquid state. — To burn a bowl (Game of Bowls), to displace it accidentally, the bowl so displaced being said to be burned. — To burn daylight, to light candles before it is dark; to waste time; to perform superfluous actions. Shak. — To burn one's fingers, to get one's self into unexpected trouble, as by interfering the concerns of others, speculation, etc. — To burn out, to destroy or obliterate by burning. "Must you with hot irons burn out mine eyes" Shak. — To be burned out, to suffer loss by fire, as the burning of one's house, store, or shop, with the contents. — To burn up, To burn down, to burn entirely.
BURNBurn, v. i.
1. To be of fire; to flame. "The mount burned with fire." Deut. ix. 15.
2. To suffer from, or be scorched by, an excess of heat. Your meat doth burn, quoth I. Shak.
3. To have a condition, quality, appearance, sensation, or emotion, as if on fire or excessively heated; to act or rage with destructive violence; to be in a state of lively emotion or strong desire; as, the face burns; to burn with fever. Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way Luke xxiv. 32. The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne, Burned on the water. Shak. Burning with high hope. Byron. The groan still deepens, and the combat burns. Pope. The parching air Burns frore, and cold performs the effect of fire. Milton.
4. (Chem.)
Defn: To combine energetically, with evolution of heat; as, copper burns in chlorine.
5. In certain games, to approach near to a concealed object which is sought. [Colloq.] To burn out, to burn till the fuel is exhausted. — To burn up, To burn down, to be entirely consumed.
BURNBurn, n.
1. A hurt, injury, or effect caused by fire or excessive or intense heat.
2. The operation or result of burning or baking, as in brickmaking; as, they have a good burn.
3. A disease in vegetables. See Brand, n., 6.
BURNBurn, n. Etym: [See 1st Bourn.]
Defn: A small stream. [Scot.]
BURNABLEBurn"a*ble, a.
Defn: Combustible. Cotgrave.
BURNEDBurned, p. p. & a.
Defn: See Burnt.
BURNEDBurned, p. p.
Defn: Burnished. [Obs.] Chaucer.
BURNERBurn"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, burns or sets fire to anything.
2. The part of a lamp, gas fixture, etc., where the flame is produced. Bunsen's burner (Chem.), a kind of burner, invented by Professor Bunsen of Heidelberg, consisting of a straight tube, four or five inches in length, having small holes for the entrance of air at the bottom. Illuminating gas being also admitted at the bottom, a mixture of gas and air is formed which burns at the top with a feebly luminous but intensely hot flame. — Argand burner, Rose burner, etc. See under Argand, Rose, etc.
BURNETBur"net, n. Etym: [OE. burnet burnet; also, brownish (the plant perh.being named from its color), fr. F. brunet, dim. of brun brown; cf.OF. brunete a sort of flower. See Brunette.] (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of perennial herbs (Poterium); especially,P.Sanguisorba, the common, or garden, burnet. Burnet moth (Zoöl.), inEngland, a handsome moth (Zygæna filipendula), with crimson spots onthe wings.— Burnet saxifrage. (Bot.) See Saxifrage.— Canadian burnet, a marsh plant (Poterium Canadensis).— Great burnet, Wild burnet, Poterium (or Sanguisorba) oficinalis.
BURNETTIZEBur"nett*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Burnettized (; p. pr. & vb. n.Burnettizing.] (Manuf.)
Defn: To subject (wood, fabrics, etc.) to a process of saturation in a solution of chloride of zinc, to prevent decay; — a process invented by Sir William Burnett.
BURNIEBurn"ie, n. Etym: [See 4th Burn.]
Defn: A small brook. [Scot.] Burns.
BURNIEBEEBur"nie*bee`, n.
Defn: The ladybird. [Prov. Eng.]
BURNINGBurn"ing, a.
1. That burns; being on fire; excessively hot; fiery.
2. Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement; powerful; as, burning zeal. Like a young hound upon a burning scent. Dryden. Burning bush (Bot.), an ornamental shrub (Euonymus atropurpureus), bearing a crimson berry.
BURNINGBurn"ing, n.
Defn: The act of consuming by fire or heat, or of subjecting to the effect of fire or heat; the state of being on fire or excessively heated. Burning fluid, any volatile illuminating oil, as the lighter petroleums (naphtha, benzine), or oil of turpentine (camphine), but esp. a mixture of the latter with alcohol. — Burning glass, a conxex lens of considerable size, used for producing an intense heat by converging the sun's rays to a focus. — Burning house (Metal.), the furnace in which tin ores are calcined, to sublime the sulphur and arsenic from the pyrites. Weale. — Burning mirror, a concave mirror, or a combination of plane mirrors, used for the same purpose as a burning glass.
Syn.— Combustion; fire; conflagration; flame; blaze.
BURNISH Bur"nish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Burnished; p. pr. & vb. n. Burnishing.] Etym: [OE. burnischen, burnissen, burnen, OF. burnir, brunir, to make brown, polish, F. brunir, fr. F. brun brown, fr. OHG. br; cf. MHG. briunen to make brown, polish. See Brown, a.]
Defn: To cause to shine; to make smooth and bright; to polish; specifically, to polish by rubbing with something hard and smooth; as, to burnish brass or paper. The frame of burnished steel, that east a glare From far, and seemed to thaw the freezing air. Dryden. Now the village windows blaze, Burnished by the setting sun. Cunningham. Burnishing machine, a machine for smoothing and polishing by compression, as in making paper collars.
BURNISHBur"nish, v. i.
Defn: To shine forth; to brighten; to become smooth and glossy, asfrom swelling or filling out; hence, to grow large.A slender poet must have time to grow, And spread and burnish as hisbrothers do. Dryden.My thoughts began to burnish, sprout, and swell. Herbert.
BURNISHBur"nish, n.
Defn: The effect of burnishing; gloss; brightness; luster. Crashaw.
BURNISHERBur"nish*er, n.
1. One who burnishes.
2. A tool with a hard, smooth, rounded end or surface, as of steel, ivory, or agate, used in smoothing or polishing by rubbing. It has a variety of forms adapted to special uses.
BURNOOSE; BURNOUS Bur"noose, Bur"nous, n. Etym: [Ar. burnus a kind of high-crowned cap: cf. F. bournous, burnous, Sp. al-bornoz, a sort of upper garment, with a hood attached.]
1. A cloaklike garment and hood woven in one piece, worn by Arabs.
2. A combination cloak and hood worn by women. [Variously written bournous, bernouse, bornous, etc.]
BURNSTICKLEBurn"stic`kle, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus).
BURNTBurnt, p. p. & a.
Defn: Consumed with, or as with, fire; scorched or dried, as with fire or heat; baked or hardened in the fire or the sun. 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.]
BURRBurr, n. Etym: [See Bur.] (Bot.)
1. A prickly seed vessel. See Bur, 1.
2. The thin edge or ridge left by a tool in cutting or shaping metal, as in turning, engraving, pressing, etc.; also, the rough neck left on a bullet in casting. The graver, in plowing furrows in the surface of the copper, raises corresponding ridges or burrs. Tomlinson.
3. A thin flat piece of metal, formed from a sheet by punching; a small washer put on the end of a rivet before it is swaged down.
4. A broad iron ring on a tilting lance just below the gripe, to prevent the hand from slipping.
5. The lobe or lap of the ear.
6. Etym: [Probably of imitative origin.]
Defn: A guttural pronounciation of the letter r, produced by trilling the extremity of the soft palate against the back part of the tongue; rotacism; — often called the Newcastle, Northumberland, or Tweedside, burr.
7. The knot at the bottom of an antler. See Bur, n., 8.
BURRBurr, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Burred; p. pr. & vb. n. Burring.]
Defn: To speak with burr; to make a hoarse or guttural murmur. Mrs.Browning.
BURREL Bur"rel, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. burel reddish (cf. Borel, n.), or F. beurré butter pear, fr. beurre butter. Cf. Butter.]
Defn: A sort of pear, called also the red butter pear, from its smooth, delicious, soft pulp.
BURRELBur"rel, n.
Defn: Same as Borrel.
BURREL FLYBur"rel fly`. Etym: [From its reddish color. See 1st Burrel.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The botfly or gadfly of cattle (Hypoderma bovis). See Gadfly.
BURREL SHOT Bur"rel shot`. Etym: [Either from annoying the enemy like a burrel fly, or, less probably, fr. F. bourreler to sting, torture.] (Gun.)
Defn: A mixture of shot, nails, stones, pieces of old iron, etc., fired from a cannon at short range, in an emergency. [R.]
BURRING MACHINEBurr"ing ma*chine".
Defn: A machine for cleansing wool of burs, seeds, and other substances.
BURR MILLSTONEBurr" mill"stone`.
Defn: See Buhrstone.
BURROBur"ro, n. Etym: [Sp., an ass.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A donkey. [Southern U.S.]
BURROCKBur"rock, n. Etym: [Perh. from AS. burg, burh, hill + -ock.]
Defn: A small weir or dam in a river to direct the stream to gaps where fish traps are placed. Knight.
BURROWBur"row, n. Etym: [See 1st Borough.]
1. An incorporated town. See 1st Borough.
2. A shelter; esp. a hole in the ground made by certain animals, as rabbits, for shelter and habitation.
3. (Mining)
Defn: A heap or heaps of rubbish or refuse.
4. A mound. See 3d Barrow, and Camp, n., 5.
BURROWBur"row, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Burrowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Burrowing.]
1. To excavate a hole to lodge in, as in the earth; to lodge in a hole excavated in the earth, as conies or rabbits.
2. To lodge, or take refuge, in any deep or concealed place; to hide. Sir, this vermin of court reporters, when they are forced into day upon one point, are sure to burrow in another. Burke. Burrowing owl (Zoöl.), a small owl of the western part of North America (Speotyto cunicularia), which lives in holes, often in company with the prairie dog.
BURROWERBur"row*er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, burrows; an animal that makes a hole under ground and lives in it.
BURRSTONEBurr"stone`, n.
Defn: See Buhrstone.
BURRYBurr"y, a.
Defn: Abounding in burs, or containing burs; resembling burs; as, burry wool.
BURSABur"sa, n.; pl. Bursæ (. Etym: [L. See Burse.] (Anat.)
Defn: Any sac or saclike cavity; especially, one of the synovial sacs, or small spaces, often lined with synovial membrane, interposed between tendons and bony prominences.
BURSALBur"sal, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to a bursa or to bursæ.
BURSARBur"sar, n. Etym: [LL. bursarius, fr. bursa purse. See Burse, and cf.Purser.]
1. A treasurer, or cash keeper; a purser; as, the bursar of a college, or of a monastery.
2. A student to whom a stipend or bursary is paid for his complete or partial support.
BURSARSHIPBur"sar*ship, n.
Defn: The office of a bursar.
BURSARYBur"sa*ry, n.; pl. -ries. Etym: [LL. bursaria. See Bursar.]
1. The treasury of a college or monastery.
2. A scholarship or charitable foundation in a university, as in scotland; a sum given to enable a student to pursue his studies. "No woman of rank or fortune but would have a bursary in her gift." Southey.
BURSCHBursch, n.; pl. Burschen. Etym: [G., ultimately fr. LL. bursa. SeeBurse.]
Defn: A youth; especially, a student in a german university.
BURSCHENSCHAFTBur"schen*schaft`, n.; pl. -schaften (#). [G.]
Defn: In Germany, any of various associations of university students formed (the original one at Jena in 1815) to support liberal ideas, or the organization formed by the affiliation of the local bodies. The organization was suppressed by the government in 1819, but was secretly revived, and is now openly maintained as a social organization, the restrictive laws having been repealed prior to 1849. — Bur"schen*schaft`ler (#), -schaf`ter (#), n.
BURSEBurse, n. Etym: [LL. bursa, or F. bourse. See Bourse, and cf. Bursch,Purse.]
1. A purse; also, a vesicle; a pod; a hull. [Obs.] Holland.
2. A fund or foundation for the maintenance of needy scholars in their studies; also, the sum given to the beneficiaries. [Scot.]
3. (Eccl.)
Defn: An ornamental case of hold the corporal when not in use.Shipley.
4. An exchange, for merchants and bankers, in the cities of continental Europe. Same as Bourse.
5. A kind of bazaar. [Obs.] She says she went to the burse for patterns. Old Play.
BURSICULATEBur*sic"u*late, a. Etym: [See Burse.] (Bot.)
Defn: Bursiform.
BURSIFORMBur"si*form, a. Etym: [LL. bursa purse + -form.]
Defn: Shaped like a purse.
BURSITISBur*si"tis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. E. bursa + -itis.] (Med.)
Defn: Inflammation of a bursa.
BURST Burst, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Burst; p. pr. & vb. n. Bursting. The past participle bursten is obsolete.] Etym: [OE. bersten, bresten, AS. berstan (pers. sing. berste, imp. sing. bærst, imp. pl. burston, p.p. borsten); akin to D. bersten, G. bersten, OHG. brestan, OS. brestan, Icel. bresta, Sw. brista, Dan. briste. Cf. Brast, Break.]
1. To fly apart or in pieces; of break open; to yield to force or pressure, especially to a sudden and violent exertion of force, or to pressure from within; to explode; as, the boiler had burst; the buds will burst in spring. From the egg that soon Bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosed Their callow young. Milton.
Note: Often used figuratively, as of the heart, in reference to a surcharge of passion, grief, desire, etc. No, no, my heart will burst, an if I speak: And I will speak, that so my heart may burst. Shak.
2. To exert force or pressure by which something is made suddenly to give way; to break through obstacles or limitations; hence, to appear suddenly and unexpecedly or unaccountably, or to depart in such manner; — usually with some qualifying adverb or preposition, as forth, out, away, into, upon, through, etc. Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth. Milton. And now you burst (ah cruel!) from my arms. Pope. A resolved villain Whose bowels suddenly burst out. Shak. We were the first that ever burst Into that silent sea. Coleridge. To burst upon him like an earthquake. Goldsmith.
BURSTBurst, v. t.
1. To break or rend by violence, as by an overcharge or by strain or pressure, esp. from within; to force open suddenly; as, to burst a cannon; to burst a blood vessel; to burst open the doors. My breast I'll burst with straining of my courage. Shak.
2. To break. [Obs.] You will not pay for the glasses you have burst Shak. He burst his lance against the sand below. Fairfax (Tasso).
3. To produce as an effect of bursting; as, to burst a hole through the wall. Bursting charge. See under Charge.
BURSTBurst, n.
1. A sudden breaking forth; a violent rending; an explosion; as, a burst of thunder; a burst of applause; a burst of passion; a burst of inspiration. Bursts of fox-hunting melody. W. Irving.
2. Any brief, violent evertion or effort; a spurt; as, a burst of speed.
3. A sudden opening, as of landscape; a stretch; an expanse. [R.] "A fine burst of country." Jane Austen.
4. A rupture of hernia; a breach.
BURSTENBurst"en,
Defn: p. p. of Burst, v. i. [Obs.]
BURSTERBurst"er, n.
Defn: One that bursts.
BURSTWORTBurst"wort`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A plant (Herniaria glabra) supposed to be valuable for the cure of hernia or rupture.
BURTBurt, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Birt. [Prov. Eng.]
BURTHENBur"then, n. & v. t.
Defn: See Burden. [Archaic]
BURTON Bur"ton, n. Etym: [Cf. OE. & Prov. E. bort to press or indent anything.] (Naut.)
Defn: A peculiar tackle, formed of two or more blocks, or pulleys, the weight being suspended of a hook block in the bight of the running part.
BURYBur"y, n. Etym: [See 1st Borough.]
1. A borough; a manor; as, the Bury of St. Edmond's; —
Note: used as a termination of names of places; as, Canterbury,Shrewsbury.
2. A manor house; a castle. [Prov. Eng.] To this very day, the chief house of a manor, or the lord's seat, is called bury, in some parts of England. Miege.
BURYBur"y, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Buried; p. pr. & vb. n. Burying.] Etym:[OE. burien, birien, berien, AS. byrgan; akin to beorgan to protect,OHG. bergan, G. bergen, Icel. bjarga, Sw. berga, Dan. bierge, Goth.baírgan. sq. root95. Cf. Burrow.]
1. To cover out of sight, either by heaping something over, or by placing within something, as earth, etc.; to conceal by covering; to hide; as, to bury coals in ashes; to bury the face in the hands. And all their confidence Under the weight of mountains buried deep. Milton.
2. Specifically: To cover out of sight, as the body of a deceased person, in a grave, a tomb, or the ocean; to deposit (a corpse) in its resting place, with funeral ceremonies; to inter; to inhume. Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. Matt. viii. 21. I'll bury thee in a triumphant grave. Shak.
3. To hide in oblivion; to put away finally; to abandon; as, to bury strife. Give me a bowl of wine In this I bury all unkindness, Cassius. Shak. Burying beetle (Zoöl.), the general name of many species of beetles, of the tribe Necrophaga; the sexton beetle; — so called from their habit of burying small dead animals by digging away the earth beneath them. The larvæ feed upon decaying flesh, and are useful scavengers. — To bury the hatchet, to lay aside the instruments of war, and make peace; — a phrase used in allusion to the custom observed by the North American Indians, of burying a tomahawk when they conclude a peace.
Syn. — To intomb; inter; inhume; inurn; hide; cover; conceal; overwhelm; repress.
BURYING GROUND; BURYING PLACEBur"y*ing ground`, Bur"y*ing place.
Defn: The ground or place for burying the dead; burial place.
BUSBus, n. Etym: [Abbreviated from omnibus.]
Defn: An omnibus. [Colloq.]
BUSBYBus"by, n.; pl. Busbies (. (Mil.)
Defn: A military headdress or cap, used in the British army. It is of fur, with a bag, of the same color as the facings of the regiment, hanging from the top over the right shoulder.
BUSCONBus"con, n. Etym: [Sp., a searcher, fr. buscar to search.]
Defn: One who searches for ores; a prospector. [U.S.]
BUSH Bush, n. Etym: [OE. bosch, busch, buysch, bosk, busk; akin to D. bosch, OHG. busc, G. busch, Icel. b, b, Dan. busk, Sw. buske, and also to LL. boscus, buscus, Pr. bosc, It. bosco, Sp. & Pg. bosque, F. bois, OF. bos. Whether the LL. or G. form ibox a case. Cf. Ambush, Boscage, Bouquet, Box a case.]
1. A thicket, or place abounding in trees or shrubs; a wild forest.
Note: This was the original sense of the word, as in the Dutch bosch, a wood, and was so used by Chaucer. In this sense it is extensively used in the British colonies, especially at the Cape of Good Hope, and also in Australia and Canada; as, to live or settle in the bush.
2. A shrub; esp., a shrub with branches rising from or near the root; a thick shrub or a cluster of shrubs. To bind a bush of thorns among sweet-smelling flowers. Gascoigne.
3. A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree; as, bushes to support pea vines.
4. A shrub or branch, properly, a branch of ivy (as sacred to Bacchus), hung out at vintners' doors, or as a tavern sign; hence, a tavern sign, and symbolically, the tavern itself. If it be true that good wine needs no bush, 't is true that a good play needs no epilogue. Shak.
5. (Hunting)
Defn: The tail, or brush, of a fox. To beat about the bush, toapproach anything in a round-about manner, instead of coming directlyto it; — a metaphor taken from hunting.— Bush bean (Bot.), a variety of bean which is low and requires nosupport (Phaseolus vulgaris, variety nanus). See Bean, 1.— Bush buck, or Bush goat (Zoöl.), a beautiful South Africanantelope (Tragelaphus sylvaticus); — so called because found mainlyin wooden localities. The name is also applied to other species.— Bush cat (Zoöl.), the serval. See Serval.— Bush chat (Zoöl.), a bird of the genus Pratincola, of the Thrushfamily.— Bush dog. (Zoöl.) See Potto.— Bush hammer. See Bushhammer in the Vocabulary.— Bush harrow (Agric.) See under Harrow.— Bush hog (Zoöl.), a South African wild hog (PotamochoerusAfricanus); — called also bush pig, and water hog.— Bush master (Zoöl.), a venomous snake (Lachesis mutus) of Guinea;— called also surucucu.— Bush pea (Bot.), a variety of pea that needs to be bushed.— Bush shrike (Zoöl.), a bird of the genus Thamnophilus, and alliedgenera; — called also batarg. Many species inhabit tropical America.— Bush tit (Zoöl.), a small bird of the genus Psaltriparus, alliedto the titmouse. P. minimus inhabits California.