BURGER-MASTER
BURG'ER-MASTER, noun An aquatic fowl which builds its nest on cliffs near the water.
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BURGESS
BURG'ESS, noun1. An inhabitant of a borough, or walled town; or one who possesses a tenement therein; a citizen or freeman of a borough.2. A representative of a borough in parli...
BURGESS-SHIP
BURG'ESS-SHIP, noun The state or quality of a burgess.
BURGH
BURGH, noun burg. A different orthography of burg, borough, which see.BURGH'-BOTE, noun [burgh and bote.] In old laws, a contribution towards the building or repairing of castle...
BURGH-MASTER
BURGH'-M'ASTER, noun [burgh and master.] A burgomaster; also, an officer in the tinmines, who directs and lays out the meers for the workmen, called also bailiff and bar-master.
BURGHER
BURGH'ER, noun [from burg.] An inhabitant of a burgh or borough, who enjoys the privileges of the borough of which he is a free man. In America, it is applied to any native citi...
BURGHER-SHIP
BURGH'ER-SHIP, noun The state or privilege of a burgher.
BURGHMOTE
BURGH'MOTE, noun [burgh and mote, meeting.] The court of a burgh or borough.
BURGLAR
BURG'LAR, noun [burgh or burg, a house] One guilty of nocturnal house breaking; one who breaks and enters a mansion house, with intent to commit a felony.
BURGLARIAN
BURGLARIAN, noun A person guilty of burglary.
BURGLARIOUS
BURGLA'RIOUS, adjective Pertaining to burglary; constituting the crime of burglary.To come down a chimney is held a burglarious entry.
BURGLARIOUSLY
BURGLA'RIOUSLY, adverb With an intent to commit burglary; in the manner of a burglar.
BURGLARY
BURG'LARY, noun The act or crime of nocturnal house breaking, with an intent to commit a felony. To constitute this crime, the act must be committed in the night, or when there ...
BURGOMASTER
BURG'OM'ASTER, noun [burg and master.] A burgh-master; a magistrate or one employed in the government of a city. The burgomasters are the chief magistrates of the great towns, i...
BURGONET
BURG'ONET, noun A kind of helmet, the Spanish murrion.
BURGRAVE
BUR'GRAVE, noun [burg] In some European countries, an hereditary governor of a town or castle.
BURGUNDY
BUR'GUNDY, noun A kind of wine, so called from burgundy in France.Burgundy pitch is turpentine boiled down to a firmer consistence.
BURH
BURH, is the same as burg, burgh, with the aspirate. It is Saxon, and signifies a city, a castle, a house, or tower. Hence in composition it signified defense, protection; as cw...
BURIAL
BURIAL, noun ber'rial. [See Bury.] The act of burying a deceased person; sepulture; interment; the act of depositing a dead body in the earth, in a tomb or vault, or in the wate...
BURIALPLACE
BURIAL'PLACE, noun A place appropriated to the burial of the dead; a grave-yard.
BURIER
BURIER, noun ber'rier. One who buries a deceased person.
BURIN
BU'RIN, noun A graver; an instrument for engraving.
BURL
BURL, verb transitive [See Burly.] To dress cloth as fullers do.1. To pick knots and loose threads off from cloth.
BURLACE
BUR'LACE, noun [A contraction of burdelais.] A sort of grape.
BURLER
BURL'ER, noun A dresser of cloth.
BURLESK
BURLESK', adjective [The termination esque answers to Eng.] Jocular; tending to excite laughter by ludicrous images, or by a contrast between the subject and the manner of treat...
BURLESKER
BURLESK'ER, noun One who burlesques, or turns to ridicule.