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Burrow: Definition and part of speech

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Burrow

  1. n. A mound. See 3d Barrow, and Camp, n., 5.
  2. n. An incorporated town. See 1st Borough.
  3. n. A shelter; esp. a hole in the ground made by certain animals, as rabbits, for shelter and habitation.
  4. n. A heap or heaps of rubbish or refuse.

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.

Burnisher: Definition and part of speech

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Burnisher

  1. n. A tool with a hard, smooth, rounded end or surface, as of steel, ivory, or agate, used in smoothing or polishing by rubbing. It has a variety of forms adapted to special uses.
  2. n. One who burnishes.

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.

Burrower: Definition and part of speech

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Burrower

  1. n. One who, or that which, burrows; an animal that makes a hole under ground and lives in it.

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.

Burnous: Definition and part of speech

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Burnous

  1. n. A combination cloak and hood worn by women.
  2. n. A cloaklike garment and hood woven in one piece, worn by Arabs.

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.