Helen Fenton

Bushhammer: Definition and part of speech

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Bushhammer

  1. v. t. To dress with bushhammer; as, to bushhammer a block of granite.
  2. n. A hammer with a head formed of a bundle of square bars, with pyramidal points, arranged in rows, or a solid head with a face cut into a number of rows of such points; — used for dressing stone.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bursa: Definition and part of speech

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Bursa

  1. n. Any sac or saclike cavity; especially, one of the synovial sacs, or small spaces, often lined with synovial membrane, interposed between tendons and bony prominences.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bursar: Definition and part of speech

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Bursar

  1. n. A student to whom a stipend or bursary is paid for his complete or partial support.
  2. n. A treasurer, or cash keeper; a purser; as, the bursar of a college, or of a monastery.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bursary: Definition and part of speech

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Bursary

  1. n. A scholarship or charitable foundation in a university, as in Scotland; a sum given to enable a student to pursue his studies.
  2. n. The treasury of a college or monastery.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.