Burliness
Bur″li‐ness (bûr″lĭ‐nĕs), n. Quality of being burly.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Burly
Bur″ly (bûr″ly̆), a. [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; stou...
Burman
Bur″man (�), n.; pl.Burmans (�). [“The softened modern M'yan-ma, M'yan-ma is the source of the European corruption Burma.” Balfour.], (Ethnol.) A member of the Burman family, on...
Burmese
Bur′mese″ (�), a. Of or pertaining to Burmah, or its inhabitants. — n. sing. & pl. A native or the natives of Burmah. Also (sing.), the language of the Burmans.
Burn
Burn (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Burned (�) or Burnt (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Burning.] [OE. bernen, brennen, v. t., early confused with beornen, birnen, v. i., AS. bærnan, bernan, v. t....
Burn (2)
Burn, 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. T...
Burn (3)
Burn, 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...
Burn (4)
Burn, n. [See 1st Bourn.] A small stream.
Burnable
Burn″a‐ble (�), a. Combustible. Cotgrave.
Burned
Burned (�), p. p. & a. See Burnt.
Burned (2)
Burned (�), p. p. Burnished. Chaucer.
Burner
Burn″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...
Burnet
Bur″net (�), n. [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 Brunett...
Burnettize
Bur″nett‐ize (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Burnettized (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Burnettizing.] (Manuf.) To subject (wood, fabrics, etc.) to a process of saturation in a solution of chlorid...
Burnie
Burn″ie (�), n. [See 4th Burn.] A small brook. Burns.
Burniebee
Bur″nie‐bee′ (�), n. The ladybird.
Burning
Burn″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 burn...
Burning (2)
Burn″ing, n. 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 i...
Burnish
Bur″nish (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Burnished (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Burnishing.] [OE. burnischen, burnissen, burnen, OF. burnir, brunir, to make brown, polish, F. brunir, fr. F. brun...
Burnish (2)
Bur″nish, v. i. To shine forth; to brighten; to become smooth and glossy, as from swelling or filling out; hence, to grow large.A slender poet must have time to grow,And spread ...
Burnish (3)
Bur″nish, n. The effect of burnishing; gloss; brightness; luster. Crashaw.
Burnisher
Bur″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...
Burnoose
{ Bur″noose, Bur″nous } (�), n. [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 g...
Burnstickle
Burn″stic′kle (�), n.(Zoöl.) A stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus).
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.Burnt ear, a black, powdery fungus which...
Burr (2)
Burr (�), n. [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...
Burr (3)
Burr (�), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Burred (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Burring.] To speak with burr; to make a hoarse or guttural murmur. Mrs. Browning.