Part 1490

<blockquote>She says she went to the <b>burse</b> for patterns. <i>Old Play.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bursiculate</h1> <Xpage=194>

<hw>Bur*sic"u*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Burse</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Bursiform.</def>

<h1>Bursiform</h1> <Xpage=194>

<hw>Bur"si*form</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>bursa</ets> purse + <ets>-form</ets>.]</ety> <def>Shaped like a purse.</def>

<h1>Bursitis</h1> <Xpage=194>

<hw>Bur*si"tis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. E. <ets>bursa</ets> + <ets>-itis</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Inflammation of a bursa.</def>

<h1>Burst</h1> <Xpage=194>

<hw>Burst</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Burst</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Bursting</er>. The past participle <tt>bursten</tt> is obsolete.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>bersten</ets>, <ets>bresten</ets>, AS. <ets>berstan</ets> (pers. sing. <ets>berste</ets>, imp. sing. <ets>b\'91rst</ets>, imp. pl. <ets>burston</ets>, p.p. <ets>borsten</ets>); akin to D. <ets>bersten</ets>, G. <ets>bersten</ets>, OHG. <ets>brestan</ets>, OS. <ets>brestan</ets>, Icel. <ets>bresta</ets>, Sw. <ets>brista</ets>, Dan. <ets>briste</ets>. Cf. <er>Brast</er>, <er>Break</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To fly apart or in pieces; of break open; to yield to force or pressure, especially to a sudden and violent exertion of force, or to pressure from within; to explode; <as>as, the boiler had <ex>burst</ex>; the buds will <ex>burst</ex> in spring.</as></def>

<blockquote>From the egg that soon <b>Bursting</b> with kindly rupture, forth disclosed Their callow young. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<note>Often used figuratively, as of the heart, in reference to a surcharge of passion, grief, desire, etc.</note>

<blockquote>No, no, my heart will <b>burst</b>, an if I speak: And I will speak, that so my heart may <b>burst</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To exert force or pressure by which something is made suddenly to give way; to break through obstacles or limitations; hence, to appear suddenly and unexpecedly or unaccountably, or to depart in such manner; -- usually with some qualifying adverb or preposition, as <i>forth</i>, <i>out</i>, <i>away</i>, <i>into</i>, <i>upon</i>, <i>through</i>, etc.</def>

<blockquote>Tears, such as angels weep, <b>burst</b> forth. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>And now you <b>burst</b> (ah cruel!) from my arms. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A resolved villain Whose bowels suddenly <b>burst</b> out. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>We were the first that ever <b>burst</b> Into that silent sea. <i>Coleridge.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>To <b>burst</b> upon him like an earthquake. <i>Goldsmith.</i></blockquote>

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<h1>Burst</h1> <Xpage=195>

<hw>Burst</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To break or rend by violence, as by an overcharge or by strain or pressure, esp. from within; to force open suddenly; <as>as, to <ex>burst</ex> a cannon; to <ex>burst</ex> a blood vessel; to <ex>burst</ex> open the doors.</as></def>

<blockquote>My breast I'll <b>burst</b> with straining of my courage. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To break.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>You will not pay for the glasses you have <b>burst</b>? <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>He <b>burst</b> his lance against the sand below. <i>Fairfax (Tasso).</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To produce as an effect of bursting; <as>as, to <ex>burst</ex> a hole through the wall</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Bursting charge</col>. <cd>See under <er>Charge</er>.</cd></cs>

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