Part 1483

<h1>Burlap</h1> <Xpage=193>

<hw>Bur"lap</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A coarse fabric, made of jute or hemp, used for bagging; also, a finer variety of similar material, used for curtains, etc.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>burlaps</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Burler</h1> <Xpage=193>

<hw>Burl"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who burls or dresses cloth.</def>

<h1>Burlesque</h1> <Xpage=193>

<hw>Bur*lesque"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>burlesque</ets>, fr. It. <ets>burlesco</ets>, fr. <ets>burla</ets> jest, mockery, perh. for <ets>burrula</ets>, dim. of L. <ets>burrae</ets> trifles. See <er>Bur</er>.]</ety> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>It is a dispute among the critics, whether <b>burlesque</b> poetry runs best in heroic verse, like that of the Dispensary, or in doggerel, like that of Hudibras. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Burlesque</h1> <Xpage=193>

<hw>Bur*lesque"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Ludicrous representation; exaggerated parody; grotesque satire.</def>

<blockquote><b>Burlesque</b> is therefore of two kinds; the first represents mean persons in the accouterments of heroes, the other describes great persons acting and speaking like the basest among the people. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An ironical or satirical composition intended to excite laughter, or to ridicule anything.</def>

<blockquote>The dull <b>burlesque</b> appeared with impudence, And pleased by novelty in spite of sense. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross perversion.</def>

<blockquote>Who is it that admires, and from the heart is attached to, national representative assemblies, but must turn with horror and disgust from such a profane <b>burlesque</b> and abominable perversion of that sacred institute? <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Mockery; farce; travesty; mimicry.</syn>

<h1>Burlesque</h1> <Xpage=193>

<hw>Bur*lesque"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Burlesqued</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Burlesquing</er> <tt>(#)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language.</def>

<blockquote>They <b>burlesqued</b> the prophet Jeremiah's words, and turned the expression he used into ridicule. <i>Stillingfleet.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Burlesque</h1> <Xpage=193>

<hw>Bur*lesque"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To employ burlesque.</def>

<h1>Burlesquer</h1> <Xpage=193>

<hw>Bur*les"quer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who burlesques.</def>

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<h1>Burletta</h1> <Xpage=194>

<hw>Bur*let"ta</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It., dim. of <ets>burla</ets> mockery. See <er>Burlesque</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A comic operetta; a music farce.</def>

<i>Byron.</i>

<h1>Burliness</h1> <Xpage=194>

<hw>Bur"li*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Quality of being burly.</def>