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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.
See Burgomaster.
The state or privileges of a burgher.
An officer who directs and lays out the meres or boundaries for the workmen; -- called also bailiff, and barmaster.
A burgomaster.
A court or meeting of a burgh or borough; a borough court held three times yearly.
One guilty of the crime of burglary.
A burglar.
of Burglary
Pertaining to burglary; constituting the crime of burglary.
With an intent to commit burglary; in the manner of a burglar.
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.
An aquatic bird, the glaucous gull (Larus glaucus), common in arctic regions.
A chief magistrate of a municipal town in Holland, Flanders, and Germany, corresponding to mayor in England and the United States; a burghmaster.
A kind of helmet.
A kind of oatmeal pudding, or thick gruel, used by seamen.
Grass of the genus Cenchrus, growing in sand, and having burs for fruit.
See Burggrave.
An old province of France (in the eastern central part).
A richly flavored wine, mostly red, made in Burgundy, France.