Part 1491

<hw>Burst</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A sudden breaking forth; a violent rending; an explosion; <as>as, a <ex>burst</ex> of thunder; a <ex>burst</ex> of applause; a <ex>burst</ex> of passion; a <ex>burst</ex> of inspiration.</as></def>

<blockquote><b>Bursts</b> of fox-hunting melody. <i>W. Irving.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Any brief, violent evertion or effort; a spurt; <as>as, a <ex>burst</ex> of speed</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A sudden opening, as of landscape; a stretch; an expanse.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> "A fine <i>burst</i> of country."

<i>Jane Austen.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A rupture of hernia; a breach.</def>

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<hw>Burst"en</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <def><tt>p. p.</tt> of <er>Burst</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt></def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

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<hw>Burst"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One that bursts.</def>

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<hw>Burst"wort`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant (<spn>Herniaria glabra</spn>) supposed to be valuable for the cure of hernia or rupture.</def>

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<hw>Burt</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Birt</er>.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

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<hw>Bur"then</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. & v. t.</tt> <def>See <er>Burden</er>.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

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<hw>Bur"ton</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OE. & Prov. E. <ets>bort</ets> to press or indent anything.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A peculiar tackle, formed of two or more blocks, or pulleys, the weight being suspended of a hook block in the bight of the running part.</def>

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<hw>Bur"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See 1st <er>Borough</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A borough; a manor; <as>as, the <ex>Bury</ex> of St. Edmond's</as></def>; -- <note>used as a termination of names of places; <as>as, Canter<ex>bury</ex>, Shrews<ex>bury</ex></as>.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A manor house; a castle.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<blockquote>To this very day, the chief house of a manor, or the lord's seat, is called <b>bury</b>, in some parts of England. <i>Miege.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Bur"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Buried</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Burying</er> <tt>(#)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>burien</ets>, <ets>birien</ets>, <ets>berien</ets>, AS. <ets>byrgan</ets>; akin to <ets>beorgan</ets> to protect, OHG. <ets>bergan</ets>, G. <ets>bergen</ets>, Icel. <ets>bjarga</ets>, Sw. <ets>berga</ets>, Dan. <ets>bierge</ets>, <ets>Goth</ets>. <ets>ba\'a1rgan</ets>. &root;95. Cf. <er>Burrow</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To cover out of sight, either by heaping something over, or by placing within something, as earth, etc.; to conceal by covering; to hide; <as>as, to <ex>bury</ex> coals in ashes; to <ex>bury</ex> the face in the hands.</as></def>

<blockquote>And all their confidence Under the weight of mountains <b>buried</b> deep. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Specifically: To cover out of sight, as the body of a deceased person, in a grave, a tomb, or the ocean; to deposit (a corpse) in its resting place, with funeral ceremonies; to inter; to inhume.</def>

<blockquote>Lord, suffer me first to go and <b>bury</b> my father. <i>Matt. viii. 21.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I'll <b>bury</b> thee in a triumphant grave. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>