2 entries under this word
(bĕr'rŷ), n. [A-S. buruh, buhr'.]
To this very day, the chief house of a manor, or the lord's seat, is called bury, in some parts of England. Miege.
(bĕr'rȳ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. BURIED; p. pr. & vb. n. BURYING.] [A-S. byrigan, byrgean, byrigean, to bury, allied to A-S. beorgan, Goth. bairgan, Icel. biarga, Sw. berga, Dan. bierge, O. H. Ger. bergan, N. H. Ger. bergen, to keep, cover, hide. Cf. BURROW.] 1. To cover out of sight, as by heaping something over, or by placing within something, as earth, &c.; to conceal by covering; as, to bury a knife-blade in a victim; to bury the face in the hands. And all their confidence Under the weight of mountains buried deep. Milton. 2. Specifically, to cover out of sight the body of a deceased person, as in a grave, a tomb, or the ocean; to inter with funeral ceremonies; to in-hume. Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. Matt. viii. 21. I'll bury thee in a triumphant grave. Shak. 3. To hide in oblivion; to put away finally; to cease from; as, to bury strife. Give me a bowl of wine; In this I bury all unkindness, Cassius. Shak. To bury the hatchet, to lay aside the instruments of war, forget injuries, and make peace;—a phrase used in allusion to the custom observed by the American Indians, of burying a tomahawk when they conclude a peace. Syn.—To entomb; inter; cover; conceal; overwhelm; repress; keep down.