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Burton: Definition and part of speech

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Burton

  1. n. A peculiar tackle, formed of two or more blocks, or pulleys, the weight being suspended to a hook block in the bight of the running part.

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.

Bury: Definition and part of speech

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Bury

  1. n. A manor house; a castle.
  2. n. A borough; a manor; as, the Bury of St. Edmond’s
  3. v. t. 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.

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.

Burse: Definition and part of speech

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Burse

  1. n. A kind of bazaar.
  2. n. A purse; also, a vesicle; a pod; a hull.
  3. n. A fund or foundation for the maintenance of needy scholars in their studies; also, the sum given to the beneficiaries.
  4. n. An ornamental case of hold the corporal when not in use.
  5. n. An exchange, for merchants and bankers, in the cities of continental Europe. Same as Bourse.

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.