English English Dictionary

A peculiar tackle, formed of two or more blocks, or pulleys, the weight being suspended to a hook block in the bight of the running part.

To hide in oblivion; to put away finally; to abandon; as, to bury strife.

Specifically: To cover out of sight, as the body of a deceased person, in a grave, a tomb, or the ocean; to deposit (a corpse) in its resting place, with funeral ceremonies; to inter; to inhume.

To cover out of sight, either by heaping something over, or by placing within something, as earth, etc.; to conceal by covering; to hide; as, to bury coals in ashes; to bury the face in the hands.

A manor house; a castle.

A borough; a manor; as, the Bury of St. Edmond's

of Bury

Alt. of Burying place

The ground or place for burying the dead; burial place.

An omnibus.

of Busby

A military headdress or cap, used in the British army. It is of fur, with a bag, of the same color as the facings of the regiment, hanging from the top over the right shoulder.

One who searches for ores; a prospector.

The tail, or brush, of a fox.

To furnish with a bush, or lining; as, to bush a pivot hole.

A piece of copper, screwed into a gun, through which the venthole is bored.

A lining for a hole to make it smaller; a thimble or ring of metal or wood inserted in a plate or other part of machinery to receive the wear of a pivot or arbor.

To use a bush harrow on (land), for covering seeds sown; to harrow with a bush; as, to bush a piece of land; to bush seeds into the ground.

To set bushes for; to support with bushes; as, to bush peas.

A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree; as, bushes to support pea vines.