English English Dictionary

See Burg.

Alt. of Burrhel

The act of burying; depositing a dead body in the earth, in a tomb or vault, or in the water, usually with attendant ceremonies; sepulture; interment.

A grave; a tomb; a place of sepulture.

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One who, or that which, buries.

The manner or style of execution of an engraver; as, a soft burin; a brilliant burin.

The cutting tool of an engraver on metal, used in line engraving. It is made of tempered steel, one end being ground off obliquely so as to produce a sharp point, and the other end inserted in a handle; a graver; also, the similarly shaped tool used by workers in marble.

One who works with the burin.

The red-breasted house sparrow of California (Carpodacus frontalis); -- called also crimson-fronted bullfinch.

To dispose of quietly or indirectly; to suppress; to smother; to shelve; as, to burke a parliamentary question.

To murder by suffocation, or so as to produce few marks of violence, for the purpose of obtaining a body to be sold for dissection.

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The practice of killing persons for the purpose of selling their bodies for dissection.

An overgrown knot, or an excrescence, on a tree; also, veneer made from such excrescences.

To dress or finish up (cloth); to pick knots, burs, loose threads, etc., from, as in finishing cloth.

A knot or lump in thread or cloth.

A coarse fabric, made of jute or hemp, used for bagging; also, a finer variety of similar material, used for curtains, etc.

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