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BURST'ING, ppr. Rending or parting by violence; exploding. BURST'-WORT , n. The ...
BURT, n. A flat fish of the turbot kind.
BURTHEN. [See Burden .]
BUR'TON, n. A small tackle formed by two blocks or pulleys, used to set up or ti...
BURY, n. ber'ry. This word is a different orthography of burg, burh, borough. It...
BURYING, ppr. Interring; hiding; covering with earth; overwhelming. BURYING , n....
BURYING-PLACE, n. A grave-yard; a place appropriated to the sepulture of the dea...
BUSH, n. [L. pasco, originally, to feed on sprouts.] 1. A shrub with branches; a...
BUSH'EL, n. A dry measure, containing eight gallons, or four pecks. The standard...
BUSH'ELAGE, n. A duty payable on commodities by the bushel. [Not used in the U. ...
BUSH'INESS, n. [from bush, bushy.] The quality of being bushy, thick or intermix...
BUSH'MENT, n. [from bush.] A thicket; a cluster of bushes. [Not used.]
BUSH'Y, a. [from bush.] Full of branches; thick and spreading, like a bush; as a...
BUSIED, pp. of busy; pron. biz'zied.
BUSILESS, a. biz'ziless. [See Busy .] Without business; at leisure; unemployed.
BUSILY, adv. biz'zily. With constant occupation; actively; earnestly; as, to be ...