Burr millstone
Burr″ mill″stone′ (�). See Buhrstone.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Burrel
Bur″rel (�), n. [Cf. OF. burel reddish (cf. Borel, n.), or F. beurré butter pear, fr. beurre butter. Cf. Butter.] A sort of pear, called also the red butter pear, from its smoot...
Burrel (2)
Bur″rel, n. Same as Borrel.
Burrel fly
Bur″rel fly′ (�). [From its reddish color. See 1st Burrel.] (Zoöl.) The botfly or gadfly of cattle (Hypoderma bovis). See Gadfly.
Burrel shot
Bur″rel shot′ (�). [Either from annoying the enemy like a burrel fly, or, less probably, fr. F. bourreler to sting, torture.] (Gun.) A mixture of shot, nails, stones, pieces of ...
Burring machine
Burr″ing ma‐chine″ (�). A machine for cleansing wool of burs, seeds, and other substances.
Burro
Bur″ro (�), n.(Zoöl.) A donkey.
Burrock
Bur″rock (�), n. [Perh. from AS. burg, burh, hill + -ock.] A small weir or dam in a river to direct the stream to gaps where fish traps are placed. Knight.
Burrow
Bur″row (�), n. [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 habitati...
Burrow (2)
Bur″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 ...
Burrower
Bur″row‐er (�), n. One who, or that which, burrows; an animal that makes a hole under ground and lives in it.
Burrstone
Burr″stone′, n. See Buhrstone.
Burry
Burr″y (�), a. Abounding in burs, or containing burs; resembling burs; as, burry wool.
Bursa
‖Bur″sa (�), n.; pl.Bursæ (�). [L. See Burse.] (Anat.) Any sac or saclike cavity; especially, one of the synovial sacs, or small spaces, often lined with synovial membrane, inte...
Bursal
Bur″sal (�), a.(Anat.) Of or pertaining to a bursa or to bursæ.
Bursar
Bur″sar (�), n. [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 studen...
Bursarship
Bur″sar‐ship, n. The office of a bursar.
Bursary
Bur″sa‐ry (�), n.; pl.-ries (�). [LL. bursaria. See Bursar.] 1. The treasury of a college or monastery.2. A scholarship or charitable foundation in a university, as in Scotland;...
Bursch
‖Bursch (�), n.; pl.Burschen (�). [G., ultimately fr. LL. bursa. See Burse.] A youth; especially, a student in a german university.
Burschenschaft
‖Bur″schen‐schaft′ (?), n.; pl. -schaften (#). In Germany, any of various associations of university students formed (the original one at Jena in 1815) to support liberal ideas,...
Burse
Burse (�), n. [LL. bursa, or F. bourse. See Bourse, and cf. Bursch, Purse.] 1. A purse; also, a vesicle; a pod; a hull. Holland.2. A fund or foundation for the maintenance of ne...
Bursiculate
Bur‐sic″u‐late (�), a. [See Burse.] (Bot.) Bursiform.
Bursiform
Bur″si‐form (�), a. [LL. bursa purse + -form.] Shaped like a purse.
Bursitis
‖Bur‐si″tis (�), n. [NL., fr. E. bursa + -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of a bursa.
Burst
Burst (�), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Burst; p. pr. & vb. n.Bursting. The past participle bursten is obsolete.] [OE. bersten, bresten, AS. berstan (pers. sing. berste, imp. sing. bærst,...
Burst (2)
Burst (bûrst), 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 b...
Burst (3)
Burst, 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-hunt...