Burinist (n.) One who works with the burin.
Burion (n.) The red-breasted house sparrow of California (Carpodacus frontalis); -- called also crimson-fronted bullfinch.
Burked (imp. & p. p.) of Burke
Burking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Burke
Burke (v. t.) 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.
Burke (v. t.) To dispose of quietly or indirectly; to suppress; to smother; to shelve; as, to burke a parliamentary question.
Burkism (n.) The practice of killing persons for the purpose of selling their bodies for dissection.
Burled (imp. & p. p.) of Burl
Burling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Burl
Burl (v. t.) To dress or finish up (cloth); to pick knots, burs, loose threads, etc., from, as in finishing cloth.
Burl (n.) A knot or lump in thread or cloth.
Burl (n.) An overgrown knot, or an excrescence, on a tree; also, veneer made from such excrescences.
Burlap (n.) A coarse fabric, made of jute or hemp, used for bagging; also, a finer variety of similar material, used for curtains, etc.
Burler (n.) One who burls or dresses cloth.
Burlesque (a.) Tending to excite laughter or contempt by extravagant images, or by a contrast between the subject and the manner of treating it, as when a trifling subject is treated with mock gravity; jocular; ironical.
Burlesque (n.) Ludicrous representation; exaggerated parody; grotesque satire.
Burlesque (n.) An ironical or satirical composition intended to excite laughter, or to ridicule anything.
Burlesque (n.) A ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross perversion.
Burlesqued (imp. & p. p.) of Burlesque
Burlesquing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Burlesque
Burlesque (v. t.) To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language.
Burlesque (v. i.) To employ burlesque.
Burlesquer (n.) One who burlesques.
Burletta (a.) A comic operetta; a music farce.
Burliness (n.) Quality of being burly.
Burly (a.) Having a large, strong, or gross body; stout; lusty; -- now used chiefly of human beings, but formerly of animals, in the sense of stately or beautiful, and of inanimate things that were huge and bulky.
Burly (a.) Coarse and rough; boisterous.
Burmans (pl. ) of Burman
Burman (n.) A member of the Burman family, one of the four great families Burmah; also, sometimes, any inhabitant of Burmah; a Burmese.
Burman (a.) Of or pertaining to the Burmans or to Burmah.
Bur marigold () See Beggar's ticks.
Burmese (a.) Of or pertaining to Burmah, or its inhabitants.
Burmese (n. sing. & pl.) A native or the natives of Burmah. Also (sing.), the language of the Burmans.
Burned (imp. & p. p.) of Burn
Burnt () of Burn
Burning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Burn
Burn (v. t.) To consume with fire; to reduce to ashes by the action of heat or fire; -- frequently intensified by up: as, to burn up wood.
Burn (v. t.) To injure by fire or heat; to change destructively some property or properties of, by undue exposure to fire or heat; to scorch; to scald; to blister; to singe; to char; to sear; as, to burn steel in forging; to burn one's face in the sun; the sun burns the grass.
Burn (v. t.) To perfect or improve by fire or heat; to submit to the action of fire or heat for some economic purpose; to destroy or change some property or properties of, by exposure to fire or heat in due degree for obtaining a desired residuum, product, or effect; to bake; as, to burn clay in making bricks or pottery; to burn wood so as to produce charcoal; to burn limestone for the lime.
Burn (v. t.) To make or produce, as an effect or result, by the application of fire or heat; as, to burn a hole; to burn charcoal; to burn letters into a block.
Burn (v. t.) To consume, injure, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat; to affect as fire or heat does; as, to burn the mouth with pepper.
Burn (v. t.) To apply a cautery to; to cauterize.
Burn (v. t.) To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize; as, a man burns a certain amount of carbon at each respiration; to burn iron in oxygen.
Burn (v. i.) To be of fire; to flame.
Burn (v. i.) To suffer from, or be scorched by, an excess of heat.
Burn (v. i.) To have a condition, quality, appearance, sensation, or emotion, as if on fire or excessively heated; to act or rage with destructive violence; to be in a state of lively emotion or strong desire; as, the face burns; to burn with fever.
Burn (v. i.) To combine energetically, with evolution of heat; as, copper burns in chlorine.
Burn (v. i.) In certain games, to approach near to a concealed object which is sought.
Burn (n.) A hurt, injury, or effect caused by fire or excessive or intense heat.
Burn (n.) The operation or result of burning or baking, as in brickmaking; as, they have a good burn.
Burn (n.) A disease in vegetables. See Brand, n., 6.
Burn (n.) A small stream.
Burnable (a.) Combustible.
Burned (p. p. & a.) See Burnt.
Burned (p. p.) Burnished.
Burner (n.) One who, or that which, burns or sets fire to anything.
Burner (n.) The part of a lamp, gas fixture, etc., where the flame is produced.
Burnet (n.) A genus of perennial herbs (Poterium); especially, P.Sanguisorba, the common, or garden, burnet.
Burnettized (imp. & p. p.) of Burnettize
Burnettizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Burnettize
Burnettize (v. t.) To subject (wood, fabrics, etc.) to a process of saturation in a solution of chloride of zinc, to prevent decay; -- a process invented by Sir William Burnett.
Burnie (n.) A small brook.
Burniebee (n.) The ladybird.
Burning (a.) That burns; being on fire; excessively hot; fiery.
Burning (a.) Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement; powerful; as, burning zeal.
Burning (n.) The act of consuming by fire or heat, or of subjecting to the effect of fire or heat; the state of being on fire or excessively heated.
Burnished (imp. & p. p.) of Burnish
Burnishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Burnish
Burnish (a.) To cause to shine; to make smooth and bright; to polish; specifically, to polish by rubbing with something hard and smooth; as, to burnish brass or paper.
Burnish (v. i.) To shine forth; to brighten; to become smooth and glossy, as from swelling or filling out; hence, to grow large.
Burnish (n.) The effect of burnishing; gloss; brightness; luster.
Burnisher (n.) One who burnishes.
Burnisher (n.) A tool with a hard, smooth, rounded end or surface, as of steel, ivory, or agate, used in smoothing or polishing by rubbing. It has a variety of forms adapted to special uses.
Burnoose (n.) Alt. of Burnous
Burnous (n.) A cloaklike garment and hood woven in one piece, worn by Arabs.
Burnous (n.) A combination cloak and hood worn by women.
Burnstickle (n.) A stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus).
Burnt (p. p. & a.) Consumed with, or as with, fire; scorched or dried, as with fire or heat; baked or hardened in the fire or the sun.
Burr (n.) A prickly seed vessel. See Bur, 1.
Burr (n.) The thin edge or ridge left by a tool in cutting or shaping metal, as in turning, engraving, pressing, etc.; also, the rough neck left on a bullet in casting.
Burr (n.) A thin flat piece of metal, formed from a sheet by punching; a small washer put on the end of a rivet before it is swaged down.
Burr (n.) A broad iron ring on a tilting lance just below the gripe, to prevent the hand from slipping.
Burr (n.) The lobe or lap of the ear.
Burr (n.) A guttural pronounciation of the letter r, produced by trilling the extremity of the soft palate against the back part of the tongue; rotacism; -- often called the Newcastle, Northumberland, or Tweedside, burr.
Burr (n.) The knot at the bottom of an antler. See Bur, n., 8.
Burred (imp. & p. p.) of Burr
Burring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Burr
Burr (v. i.) To speak with burr; to make a hoarse or guttural murmur.
Burrel (n.) A sort of pear, called also the red butter pear, from its smooth, delicious, soft pulp.
Burrel (n.) Same as Borrel.
Burrel fly () The botfly or gadfly of cattle (Hypoderma bovis). See Gadfly.
Burrel shot () A mixture of shot, nails, stones, pieces of old iron, etc., fired from a cannon at short range, in an emergency.
Burring machine () A machine for cleansing wool of burs, seeds, and other substances.
Burr millstone () See Buhrstone.
Burro (n.) A donkey.
Burrock (n.) A small weir or dam in a river to direct the stream to gaps where fish traps are placed.
Burrow (n.) An incorporated town. See 1st Borough.
Burrow (n.) A shelter; esp. a hole in the ground made by certain animals, as rabbits, for shelter and habitation.
Burrow (n.) A heap or heaps of rubbish or refuse.
Burrow (n.) A mound. See 3d Barrow, and Camp, n., 5.