Helen Fenton

Burke: Definition and part of speech

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Burke

  1. v. t. To dispose of quietly or indirectly; to suppress; to smother; to shelve; as, to burke a parliamentary question.
  2. v. t. To murder by suffocation, or so as to produce few marks of violence, for the purpose of obtaining a body to be sold for dissection.

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.

Burkism: Definition and part of speech

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Burkism

  1. n. The practice of killing persons for the purpose of selling their bodies for dissection.

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.

Burl: Definition and part of speech

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Burl

  1. n. An overgrown knot, or an excrescence, on a tree; also, veneer made from such excrescences.
  2. v. t. To dress or finish up (cloth); to pick knots, burs, loose threads, etc., from, as in finishing cloth.
  3. n. A knot or lump in thread or cloth.

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.

Burlap: Definition and part of speech

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Burlap

  1. n. A coarse fabric, made of jute or hemp, used for bagging; also, a finer variety of similar material, used for curtains, etc.

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.

Burlesque: Definition and part of speech

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Burlesque

  1. n. A ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross perversion.
  2. a. 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.
  3. n. Ludicrous representation; exaggerated parody; grotesque satire.
  4. n. An ironical or satirical composition intended to excite laughter, or to ridicule anything.

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.