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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>BURTHEN</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="burthen"> burthen, noun, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) burden (1). </DL> <A NAME="burton"> burton (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a light tackle usually having two or three blocks, used for various purposes. </DL> <A NAME="burton"> burton (2), noun. expr. go for a burton, (British Slang.) to be lost or gone; disappear. Ex. Nearly all the handles of the ... eighteenth-century pink Davenport tea cups went for a burton (Listener). </DL> <A NAME="burtonize"> Burtonize, transitive verb, -ized, -izing.<DL COMPACT><DD> to harden (water for brewing) by treatment, especially with gypsum or Epsom salt. </DL> <A NAME="burushaski"> Burushaski, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a language spoken by some of the people in northwestern Kashmir. Its relationship with other languages has not been shown. </DL> <A NAME="burweed"> burweed, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of several plants with a burlike fruit, such as the cocklebur. </DL> <A NAME="bury"> bury, transitive verb, buried, burying.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to put (a dead body) in the earth, in a tomb, or in the sea. Ex. The boys buried the dead bird in the backyard. (SYN) inter, entomb. <DD> 2. to perform a funeral service for. <DD> 3. to cover up; hide. Ex. The squirrels buried many nuts under the dead leaves. (SYN) conceal, secrete. <DD> 4. (Figurative.) <DD> a. to absorb; engross. Ex. She buried herself in an interesting book. <DD> b. to put or sink (oneself) deeply. Ex. He buried himself in a welter of activities. <DD> 5. (Figurative.) to forget. Ex. He had long ago buried the memory of the accident. <DD> 6. to withdraw or cause to move to obscurity or retirement. Ex. Many well disposed persons ... are so unfortunate as to be totally buried in the country (Samuel Johnson). <DD> 7. to suffer loss through death. Ex. She had buried two sons. </DL> <A NAME="buryat"> Buryat, noun. =Buriat.</DL> <A NAME="buryingbeetle"> burying beetle,<DL COMPACT><DD> a beetle that buries small dead animals and birds and lays her eggs in them; sexton beetle. </DL> <A NAME="buryingground"> burying ground,<DL COMPACT><DD> a cemetery or burial ground. </DL> <A NAME="bus"> bus, noun, pl. buses or busses, verb, bused, busing or bussed, bussing.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a motor vehicle larger than an automobile, with seats to carry passengers, and an entrance usually at the front; omnibus; motorcoach. Buses usually run between fixed stations, along a certain route. <DD> 2. (Informal.) an automobile or airplane. <DD> 3a. an electric conductor or system of conductors for making a common connection between several circuits and distributing them. <DD> b. =bus bar. <DD> c. a conductor in an electronic computer, used as a path for the transmission of signals from one or more sources to one or more destinations. <DD>v.t. to take by bus. Ex. The city bused the children to school. <DD>v.i. 1. to go by bus. Ex. He buses to work every day. <DD> 2. (U.S.) to work as a busboy. expr. miss the bus, (Slang.) to lose an opportunity. Ex. The Prime Minister has 'missed the bus' ... He has thrown away the greatest opportunity ever offered (London Daily Mail). </DL> <A NAME="bus"> bus.,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. bushel or bushels. <DD> 2. business. </DL> <A NAME="busbar"> bus bar,<DL COMPACT><DD> an electric conductor in the form of a metal bar or rod, used to carry large or heavy currents or to make a common connection between several circuits. In a generating station, a bus bar collects and distributes the power produced by the generators. </DL> <A NAME="busboy"> busboy, noun, or bus boy,<DL COMPACT><DD> a waiter's assistant. He brings bread and butter, fills glasses, and carries off used dishes. </DL> <A NAME="busby"> busby, noun, pl. -bies.<DL COMPACT><DD> a tall fur hat with a bag hanging from the top over the right side, worn as part of a dress uniform by hussars and certain other corps in the British Army. </DL> <A NAME="bush"> bush (1), noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a woody plant smaller than a tree, often with many separate branches starting from or near the ground. Some bushes are used as hedges; others are grown for their fruit or for ornament. <DD> 2a. open forest or wild land. Ex. The explorer went into the bush of Alaska. He came out of the shadow of the bush path and blinked in the sun (Harper's). <DD> b. the country as opposed to the town. <DD> 3a. something resembling a bush, such as unruly hair or feathers. Ex. ... little streams of soda water irrigated the black bush on his chest (Graham Greene). <DD> b. (Obsolete.) a fox's tail; brush. <DD> 4a. a branch, especially of ivy, hung out as a vintner's sign or as the sign of a tavern. <DD> b. any tavern sign. Ex. Good wine needs no bush (Old proverb). <DD>v.i. to spread out like a bush; grow thickly. Ex. She stood, Half spied, so thick the roses bushing round About her glowed (Milton). <DD>v.t. 1. (Informal.) to exhaust utterly. Ex. The trip completely bushed her. <DD> 2. to set (ground) with bushes; cover with bushes. <DD> 3. to protect with bushes or brushwood. <DD> 4. to smooth (planted land) by means of a bushharrow. expr. beat around (or about) the bush, to avoid a direct answer or direct action; not come straight to the point. Ex. Tell me the facts now, and don't beat around the bush. Obliged to be off: Excuse me ... but no good beating about the bush (Punch). expr. beat the bushes (for), (Especially U.S.) to search (for), in or as if in remote areas. Ex. to beat the bushes for new customers, to beat the bushes to find a good job. expr. go bush, (Australian.) to live a wild life, as in the bush, or as a bushranger. Ex. The English settlers ... tried to tame them for domestic purposes. But the greater number had already 'gone bush' (M. Terry). </DL> <A NAME="bush"> bush (2), noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Machinery.) <DD>noun =bushing. <DD>v.t. to furnish with a bushing; line (a bearing or the like) with metal. </DL> <A NAME="bushbaby"> bush baby, =galago.</DL> <A NAME="bushbasil"> bush basil,<DL COMPACT><DD> small cultivated form of sweet basil. </DL> <A NAME="bushbean"> bush bean,<DL COMPACT><DD> a variety of nonclimbing bean. </DL> <A NAME="bushbeating"> bush-beating, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) a random but thorough search, as for people of talent, dishonesty in government, or other investigative findings. </DL> <A NAME="bushboy"> bushboy, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. =bushman. <DD> 2. =Bushman. </DL> <A NAME="bushbuck"> bushbuck,noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a South African antelope of a reddish or orange color with white stripes. Also, boschbok. </DL> <A NAME="bushclover"> bush clover,<DL COMPACT><DD> any lespedeza, allied to the clover, but usually growing erect. </DL> <A NAME="bushcraft"> bushcraft, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> knowledge of how to get food and shelter, find one's way or take care of other necessities, in the bush. </DL> <A NAME="bushcranberry"> bush cranberry, =cranberry tree.</DL> <A NAME="bushdog"> bush dog,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. =potto. <DD> 2. a wild dog of South America. </DL> <A NAME="bushed"> bushed, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. (Informal.) very tired; exhausted. Ex. He kept you right on your toes, and, after an hour and a half, you went out feeling pretty bushed (Newsweek). <DD> 2. lost in the bush. <DD> 3. bewildered; at a loss. </DL> <A NAME="bushel"> bushel (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a measure for grain, fruit, vegetables, and other dry things. It is equal to 4 pecks or 32 quarts or 35.2383 liters. <DD> 2. a container that holds a bushel. <DD> 3. the weight of a bushel. (Abbr:) bu. <DD> 4. (Informal.) an indefinitely large quantity. Ex. I have a bushel of things to do today. </DL> <A NAME="bushel"> bushel (2), transitive verb, intransitive verb, -eled, -eling or -elled, -elling.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) to repair or alter (clothing). </DL> <A NAME="bushelbasket"> bushel basket,<DL COMPACT><DD> a basket that holds a bushel. </DL> <A NAME="busheler"> busheler or busheller, noun. =bushelman.</DL> <A NAME="bushelful"> bushelful, noun, pl. -fuls.<DL COMPACT><DD> a quantity of material occupying a bushel. </DL> <A NAME="bushelman"> bushelman, noun, pl. -men.<DL COMPACT><DD> tailor's assistant who repairs garments; busheler. </DL> <A NAME="busher"> busher, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) <DD> 1. a baseball player in a minor league. <DD> 2. a beginner, especially a clumsy beginner, at anything. </DL> <A NAME="bushfire"> bushfire, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an uncontrolled fire in a bush, especially the Australian bush. </DL> <A NAME="bushhammer"> bushhammer, noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun a hammer with a notched face, used to dress stone. <DD>v.t. to dress (stone) with a bushhammer. </DL> <A NAME="bushharrow"> bushharrow, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a frame with bushes or branches attached for covering seed. </DL> <A NAME="bushhat"> bush hat,<DL COMPACT><DD> a slouch hat, especially of the type worn by Australian bushmen. </DL> <A NAME="bushhoneysuckle"> bush honeysuckle,<DL COMPACT><DD> a low shrub native to North America extensively cultivated for its profuse, yellow flowers. </DL> <A NAME="bushido"> Bushido or bushido, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the moral code of the knights and warriors of feudal Japan; Japanese chivalry. </DL> <A NAME="bushing"> bushing, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a removable metal lining used to protect parts of machinery from wear. <DD> 2. a metal lining inserted in a hole, pipe, or other aperture, to reduce its size. <DD> 3. a lining for a hole, to insulate one or more wires or other electrical conductors passing through. <DD> 4. (Slang.) very high-pressure selling; luring a buyer by offering a bargain price, then hiking the price. </DL> <A HREF="bushjack.dic">NEXT</A>