Webster's Dictionary 1913

5698

Burglariously

Bur‐gla″ri‐ous‐ly, adv. With an intent to commit burglary; in the manner of a burglar. Blackstone.

5699

Burglary

Bur″gla‐ry (�), n.; pl.Burglaries (�). [Fr. Burglar; cf. LL. burglaria.] (Law) Breaking and entering the dwelling house of another, in the nighttime, with intent to commit a fel...

5700

Burgomaster

Bur″go‐mas′ter (�), n. [D. burgemeester; burg borough + meester master; akin to G. burgemeister, bürgermeister. See 1st Borough, and Master.] 1. A chief magistrate of a municipa...

5701

Burgonet

Bur″go‐net (�), n. [F. bouruignotte, because the Burgundians, F. Bouruignons, first used it.] A kind of helmet. [Written also burganet.] Shak.

5702

Burgoo

Bur″goo (�), n. [Prov. E. burgood yeast, perh. fr. W. burym yeast + cawl cabbage, gruel.] A kind of oatmeal pudding, or thick gruel, used by seamen. [Written also burgout.]

5703

Burgrass

Bur″grass′ (�), n.(Bot.) Grass of the genus Cenchrus, growing in sand, and having burs for fruit.

5704

Burgrave

Bur″grave (�), n. See Burggrave.

5705

Burgundy

Bur″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 substanc...

5706

Burh

Burh (�), n. See Burg.

5707

Burhel

{ Bur″hel, Burr″hel } (�), n.(Zoöl.) The wild Himalayan, or blue, sheep (Ovis burrhel).

5708

Burial

Bur″i‐al (�), n. [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.The erthe scho...

5709

Burier

Bur″i‐er (�), n. One who, or that which, buries.Till the buriers have buried it.Ezek. xxxix. 15.And darkness be the burier of the dead.Shak.

5710

Burin

Bu″rin (�), n. [F. burin, cf. It. burino, bulino; prob. from OHG. bora borer, borōn to bore, G. bohren. See 1st Bore.] 1. The cutting tool of an engraver on metal, used in line ...

5711

Burinist

Bu″rin‐ist, n. One who works with the burin. For. Quart. Rev.

5712

Burion

Bu″ri‐on (�), n.(Zoöl.) The red-breasted house sparrow of California (Carpodacus frontalis); — called also crimson-fronted bullfinch. [Written also burrion.]

5713

Burke

Burke (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Burked (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Burking.] [From one Burke of Edinburgh, who committed the crime in 1829.] 1. To murder by suffocation, or so as to produ...

5714

Burkism

Burk″ism (�), n. The practice of killing persons for the purpose of selling their bodies for dissection.

5715

Burl

Burl (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Burled (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Burling.] [OE. burle stuffing, or a knot in cloth; cf. F. bourlet, bourrelet, OF. bourel, a wreath or a roll of cloth, li...

5716

Burl (2)

Burl, 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.

5717

Burlap

Bur″lap (�), n. 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.]

5718

Burler

Burl″er (�), n. One who burls or dresses cloth.

5719

Burlesque

Bur‐lesque″ (�), a. [F. burlesque, fr. It. burlesco, fr. burla jest, mockery, perh. for burrula, dim. of L. burrae trifles. See Bur.] Tending to excite laughter or contempt by e...

5720

Burlesque (2)

Bur‐lesque″ (�), n. 1. Ludicrous representation; exaggerated parody; grotesque satire.Burlesque is therefore of two kinds; the first represents mean persons in the accouterments...

5721

Burlesque (3)

Bur‐lesque″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Burlesqued (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Burlesquing (�).] To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language.They ...

5722

Burlesque (4)

Bur‐lesque″, v. i. To employ burlesque.

5723

Burlesquer

Bur‐les″quer (�), n. One who burlesques.

5724

Burletta

‖Bur‐let″ta (bûr‐lĕt″tȧ), n. [It., dim. of burla mockery. See Burlesque, a.] (Mus.) A comic operetta; a music farce. Byron.