Dictionary
An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Bŭrr'-stōne, n. p. 177See BUHR-STONE.Būr'rock, n. p. 177A small wier or dam, where wheels are laid in a river for catching fish. Phillips.Būr'rōw, n. p. 177See BURGH, BOROUGH.Būr'rōw, n. p. 177A hole in the ground made by certain animals, as rabbits, &c., for shelter and habitation. 2. (Mining.) A heap or heaps of rubbish, or earth, void of ore, raised out of a mine and commonly lying…Bŭr'rōw, v. i. p. 177To excavate a hole to lodge in, as in the earth; to lodge in a hole excavated in the earth, as conies or rabbits. 2. To lodge, or take refuge, in any deep or concealed place; to hide. Sir, this…Būr'ry, a. p. 177Abounding in burs, or resembling burs; as, burry wool.Būr'sar, n. p. 177A treasurer, or cash-keeper; as, the bursar of a college, or of a monastery; a purser. 2. A student to whom a stipend is paid out of a burse or fund appropriated for that purpose, as the…Būr'sar-ship, n. p. 177The office of a bursar. Hale.Būr'sa-ry, n. p. 177The treasury of a college or monastery. 2. A charitable foundation in a university. No woman of rank or fortune but would have a bursary in her gift. Southey.Bursche, n. p. 177A youth, especially a student in a German university.Bûrse, n. p. 177A purse; a vesicle; a pod; a hull. [Obs.] Holland. 2. A fund or foundation for the maintenance of poor scholars in their studies. [France.] 3. (Middle Ages.) A little college, or a hall in a…Bŭrst, v. i. p. 177To fly or break open with force, or with sudden violence; to suffer a violent disruption by pressure from within; as, the boiler burst:—often used figuratively, as of the heart, in reference to the…Bŭrst, v. t. p. 177To break or rend by force or violence, as by strain or pressure from within; to open suddenly; as, to burst a chain or a door; to burst a cannon; to burst a blood-vessel. My breast I'll burst with…Bûrst, n. p. 177A sudden breaking forth; a disruption; a violent rending; a sudden explosion; as, a burst of thunder; a burst of applause; a burst of passion. Bursts of fox-hunting melody. W. Irving. 2. A rupture or…Bûrst'en, p. p. p. 177from burst. [Obs.] See BURST, v. i.Bûrst'en-ness, n. p. 177The state of having a rupture; the hernia. [Obs.]Bûrst'er, n. p. 177One that bursts.Būrst'ing-chärge, n. p. 177A small charge of the finest sporting powder, enclosed in a case and placed in the center of the charge of coarse powder, to secure ready ignition in the operation of blasting by voltaic electricity.Būrst'wort, n. p. 177(Bot.) A plant, the Herniaria glabra, supposed to be valuable for the cure of hernia or ruptures.Bŭrt, n. p. 177(Ichth.) A flat fish of the turbot kind. Johnson.Būr'then, n. & v. p. 177See BURDEN.Bâr'ton, n. p. 177(Naut.) A small tackle, formed of two or three blocks or pulleys, used to set up or tighten the topmast shrouds, and for various other purposes.Bur'y, n. p. 177A borough; a manor; as, the Bury of St. Edmond's;—often used as a termination of names of places; as, Canterbury, Shrewsbury. 2. A manor-house; a habitation; a castle. [Prov. Eng.] To this very day…Bur'y, v. t. p. 177To 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…Bur'y-ing-ground or Bur'y-ing-place, n. p. 177A grave-yard; a place appropriated to the sepul-ture of the dead; a church-yard.Bŭs, n. p. 177An omnibus. [Low.]Bŭs'by, n. p. 177(Mil.) A military coiffure, or cap, of bear-skin; the French col-bach. Dict. de l'Acad.Bush, n. p. 177A thicket, or a place abounding in trees or shrubs. This was the original sense of the word, as in the Dutch bosch, a wood, and was so used by Chaucer. In this sense it is extensively used in the…Bush, v. i. p. 177To grow thick or bushy. The bushing alders formed a shady scene. Pope.Bush, v. t. p. 177To set bushes for; to support with bushes; as, to bush peas. 2. To use a bush-harrow on, or for covering; as, to bush a piece of land; to bush in seeds. 3. To furnish with a bush, or to line, as a…Bush'-bean, n. p. 177The common, low garden-bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), called in England kidney-bean and French bean.Bush'el, n. p. 177A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts. The Winchester bushel, used in England from the time of Henry VII. to the year 1826, contains 2150.42 cubic inches. In 1826…Bush'el-age, n. p. 177A duty payable on commodities by the bushel. [Eng.]Bush'el-er, n. p. 177A tailor's assistant for repairs.Bŭsh'el-mān p. 177Bush'et, n. p. 177A small bush.Būsh'-hăr'rōw, n. p. 177(Agric.) A sort of harrow made of bushes, for harrowing grass lands or covering seeds.Bush'i-ness, n. p. 177The quality of being bushy, thick, or intermixed, like the branches of a bush.Bush'ing, n. p. 177(Mech.) Strictly, a ring, tube, or lining placed in a hole, and sometimes acting as a journal-box. 2. A thimble; — sometimes called a bush. 3. The operation of fitting bushes into holes or places…Bush'-man, n. p. 177A woodsman; a settler in the back woods of Australia. 2. (Geog.) One of a tribe of savages near the Cape of Good Hope; — so named by the Dutch.Bush'ment, n. p. 178A thicket; a cluster of bushes. [Obs.] “Woods, briers, bushments, and waters.” Raleigh. 2. An ambush; an ambuscade. [Obs.] Environing him with a bushment of soldiers, laid before in the mountains for…Bush'-whăck'er, n. p. 178One accustomed to beat about, or travel through, bushes; a raw countryman. They were gallant bush-whackers, and hunters of raccoons by moonlight. W. Irving. 2. A stout scythe or other instrument for…Bush'-whăck'ing, n. p. 178Traveling, or working a way, through bushes; pulling by the bushes, as in hauling a boat along the bushy margin of a stream. [U. S.] Flint.Bush'y, a. p. 178Full of branches; thick and spreading, like a bush; as, a bushy beard. “Bushy eyebrows.” Irving. 2. Full of bushes; overgrown with shrubs. “A bushy cliff.” Glover.Bus'i-less, a. p. 178Without business; at leisure; unemployed. [Obs.] Shak.Bus'i-ly, adv. p. 178In a busy manner.Bus'i-ness, n. p. 178That which busies, or that which occupies the time, attention, or labor of one, as his principal concern, whether for a longer or shorter time; employment; occupation. Wist ye not that I must be…Būsk, n. p. 178A long, thin piece of metal, whale-bone, or wood, somewhat elastic, and worn in the front of women’s corsets; a corset-board. Her long slit sleeves, stiff busk, puff verdingall, Is all that makes her…Bŭsh, n. p. 178A bush. [Obs.]Bŭsk, v. t. or v. i. p. 178To go; to direct one's course. [Obs.] Ye might have busked you to Huntley banks. Skelton. 2. To prepare, make ready, array. Busk you, busk you, my bonny bride. Hamilton. And busked them bold to…Būsked, a. p. 178Wearing a busk. Pollok.Bŭsk'et, n. p. 178A small bush. Spenser. 2. A compartment of shrubs in a garden. [Rare.]Bŭs'kin, n. p. 178A covering for the foot, coming some distance up the leg, fit for a defense against thorns, mud, &c., as in hunting. The hunted red-deer's undressed hide Their hairy buskins well supplied. W. Scott.…Bŭsk'ined, a. p. 178Dressed in buskins. Her buskined virgins traced the dewy lawn. Pope. 2. Of, or pertaining to, tragedy; tragic. “The buskined stage.” Milton.Bŭsk'y, a. p. 178Bushy; wooded; shaded or overgrown with trees or shrubs; — generally written bosky. See Bush. Shak.Bŭss, n. p. 178A kiss, a salute with the lips; more strictly, a rude, or playful kiss. Thou dost give me flattering busses. By my troth, I kiss thee with a most constant heart. Shak. 2. [O. Fr. busse, Pr. bus, L.…Bŭss, v. t. p. 178To kiss; to salute with the lips in a rude or playful manner. “Nor bussed the milking-maid.” Tennyson. Kissing and bussing differ both in this, We buss our wantons, but our wives we kiss. Herrick.Bŭst, n. p. 178A piece of statuary representing the upper part of the human figure, including the head, shoulders, and breast. Ambition sighed; she found it vain to trust The faithless column, and the crumbling…Bŭs'tard, n. p. 178(Ornith.) A bird of the genus Otis, of the Ostrich family. The great bustard (Otis tarda) is the largest land bird in Europe. It inhabits the temperate regions of Europe and parts of AsiaBŭs'ter, n. p. 178Something great; a roistering blade; also, a spree. [Vulgar, U. S.] Bartlett.