burghmote 
-t- gemot, a meeting: see moot, mote 3 .'] In 
Anglo-Saxon law, the meeting or court of a 
burgh or borough. Also burgmote. 
burgnmote-hornt, In Eng. antiq., a horn 
blown on court-day, in a public place, to bring 
the members of the burghmote, or later the 
corporation, together. It was used until the 
seventeenth century. Also called brazen-horn. 
burgholdert (berg'hol'der), n. [See borough- 
holder undborsholder.'] A tithing-man ; a bors- 
holder. 
burglar (berg'liir), . [Early mod. E. bourglair, 
< AF. "bourglalre (of. ML. burglator, burgulator 
(for burgi latro), shortened to burgator), a burg- 
lar, < AP. bourg, OF. borg, borough (see bor- 
ough 1 ), + laire, OF. laire, leire, lere = Pr. lairc, 
a robber, < L. nom. latro (cf . OF. laron, F. larron 
= Pi. lairo, a robber, < L. ace. latronem), a rob- 
ber: see larceny. ~\ A felonious housebreaker; 
especially, one who commits robbery by break- 
ing into a house in the night. See burglary. 
The definition of burglar, as given by Sir Edward Coke, 
is "he that by night breaketh or entereth into a mansion- 
house with intent to commit a felony." 
Blackstone, Com., IV. xvi. 
burglar-alarm (berg'lar-a-lann"), Any 
alarm so arranged as to sound upon the open- 
ing of a door, window, etc., with which it is 
connected. Burglar-alarm lock, a lock having an 
attachment which when set will sound an alarm if the bolt 
is improperly moved. Electrical burglar-alarm, an 
alarm consisting of apparatus including open electrical 
circuits which are closed by a movement of a door, win- 
dow, etc., and cause a bell in an annunciator in the build- 
ing or at a distant station to ring. 
burglarert (berg'lar-er), 11. [< burglar + -er, 
erroneously added.] A burglar. 
Sir William Brain was sent to the Tower, only for pro- 
curing the Pope's bull against certain burglarers that 
robbed his own house. State Trials, 1606. 
burglarian (berg-la'ri-an), n. [< burglary + 
-an.'] A person who abets or is guilty of burg- 
lary. [Rare.] 
burglarious (berg-la'ri-us), a. [< burglary + 
-ous.] Pertaining to, committing, or consti- 
tuting burglary: as, burglarious intentions; a 
burglarious gang ; burglarious entry. 
To come down a chimney is held a burglarious entry. 
Blackntone, Com., IV. xvi. 
Openly organized conspiracy, with force and arms, made 
burglarious entrance into a chief stronghold of the Union. 
O. W. Holmes, Essays, p. 86. 
burglariously (berg-la'ri-us-li), adv. With an 
intent to commit burglary ; in the manner of a 
burglar. 
burglarize (berg'lar-Iz), v. t.; pret. and pp. 
burglarized, ppr. burglarizing. [< burglar + 
-se.] To commit burglary upon. 
burglar-proof (berg'lar-prof), a. Constructed 
so as to be capable of resisting the attempts of 
burglars, as a safe or a building. 
burglary (berg'liir-i), . ; pi. burglaries (-iz). [< 
burglar + -y ; ML. burglaria.~] The act or crime 
of nocturnal housebreaking, with an intent to 
commit a felony therein, whether such felony be 
actually committed or not. To constitute this crime 
the act must be committed in the night, or when there is not 
daylight enough to discern a man's face. At common law 
it must be in a dwelling-house, or in an adjoining building 
which is a part or parcel of the dwelling-house. There 
must be an actual breaking and an entry ; but an opening 
made by the offender, as by taking out a pane of glass, 
lifting a window, raising a latch, picking a lock, or remov- 
ing any fastening, amounts to a breaking ; and putting in 
of the hand, after such breaking, is an entry. A breaking 
out, after entry with felonious intent, is also burglary. In 
some of the United States the term has been extended so 
as to cover the breaking and entering of any building, at 
any time, to commit any crime. 
burgle (ber'gl), v. ; pret. and pp. burgled, ppr. 
burgling. [< burglar, taken as a noun of agent 
in -ar = -er* ; cf . peddle, < peddler, pedler, ped- 
lar.'] To commit burglary. [Humorous.] 
burgmaster (berg'mas"ter), n. Same as burgo- 
master, 1. 
burgmotet, n. ' See burghmote. 
burgomaster (ber' go -master), n. [= OF. 
bourgue-maistre, later bourgamaistre (Cotgrave), 
Swiss F. bourgmestre, bourgemattre (F. maitre = 
E. master) = Sp. burgomaestre, after ML. burgo- 
magister, burgimagister (burgi magister), < D. 
burgemeester (= OFries. burgamastere = MHG. 
burgemeister, burcmeister, G. burgemeister (obs.), 
> Sw. borgmastare = ODan. borgmester = Pol. 
burmistrz = Bohem. purmistr = Kuss. burgo- 
mistrii = Lith. burgmistras = Finn, pormestari), 
<burg, = E. borough 1 , + meester=*E. master. Cf. 
MHG. burgermeister, G. biirgermeister (> Dan. 
borgermester), < burger, = E. burgher, + mfister 
= E. master. ~] 1. A borough-master; the chief 
magistrate of a municipal town in the Nether- 
lands, Germany, and other Teutonic countries, 
726 
nearly corresponding to mayor in England and 
the United States. In the monarchical states burgo- 
masters were often named by the central government for 
long periods, as were the maim in France. The German 
governments usually retain the right to confirm or reject 
the elected burgomaster. Also burghermatter, burghmas- 
ter, burffmaster. 
2. The great ice-gull or glaucous gull, Larus 
glaucus, of the arctic regions, one of the largest 
and most powerful species of the family 
Laridw. It is about SO inches long, pure white, with a 
pale silvery-blue mantle and yellow bill with an orange 
Burgomaster-gull (Larus 
spot. It owes the name to its tyrannical and rapacious 
disposition, and the way it domineers over the smaller 
and weaker gulls and other birds. 
burgonet, burgonette, n. See burganet. 
burgoo (ber'gS), n. [Appar. a var. of burgood.~] 
1. A seamen's term for a dish made of boiled 
oatmeal seasoned with salt, butter, and sugar; 
gruel. 
Don't stand staring there like a cabin-boy brought up 
before the skipper forswallowing the burgoo as he mixed it. 
G. A. Sola, Ship-Chandler. 
2. A kind of soup made with many different 
kinds of meat and vegetables, highly peppered 
and served very hot : popular in Kentucky and 
other places, especially at barbecues, picnics, 
and other outdoor feasts. 3. A barbecue, pic- 
nic, or woodland feast at which the soup burgoo 
is served. [Kentucky.] 
burgood (ber'giid), n. [E. dial., also burgout 
and beergood; origin uncertain. Cf. burgoo.] 
Yeast. Halliwell. [Prov. Eng.] 
burgoyne 1 (ber-goin'), n. [Appar. named from 
the inventor.] An intrenching-tool which com- 
bines a spade, an ax, and a mantlet. [Eng.] 
burgoyne-t (ber-goin'), v. t. ; pret. and pp. bur- 
goyned, ppr. burgoyning. [A word of the Ameri- 
can revolutionary period, in allusion to the cap- 
ture of Burgoyne's army at Saratoga in 1777.] 
To surround and capture in a body. 
bur-grass (ber'gras), n. 1. A common name 
of a species of Cenchrus, the burs of which are 
very spiny and tenacious. 
2. Panicum glutinosum, a 
tropical grass in which the 
glumes or husks which in- 
wrap the seed are very vis- 
cous and adhesive. 
burgrave, burggrave (ber'- 
grav), n. [< F. burgrave = Sp. 
burgrave = Pg. burgrave, bur- 
gravio = It. burgravio, < ML. 
burggravius, < OHG. burg- 
grdvo, MHG. burcgrave, G. 
burggraf (> Dan. borggreve = 
Sw. burggrefve = Pol. bur- 
grabia = Bohem. purkrabe), < 
OHG. burg, burc, a town, = 
E. borough^, + grdvjo, grdvo, 
MHG. grave, G. graf, a count, earl, governor: 
see graf.'] Formerly, the title, in some Euro- 
pean countries, of the hereditary governor of a 
town or castle. 
The former [burghers] stood, in all trade matters, en- 
tirely under the orders of the lords of the town, whether 
these were bishops, burgraves, or citizens. 
English GUas (E. E. T. S.), Int., p. cxv. 
They then requested that the Prince of Orange, who 
held the office of burgrave of Antwerp, and whose influ- 
ence was unbounded, might be sent to them. Prescott. 
burgravess, burggravess (ber'gra-ves), . [< 
burgrave + -ess.~\ The wife of a burgrave. 
burgraviate (ber-gra'vi-at), . [< ML. burggra- 
viatus, < burggravius, a burgrave : see burgrave.'] 
The office, dignity, or jurisdiction of a burgrave. 
burguignpttet, [OF.] Same as burganet. 
Burgundian (ber-gun'di-an), a. and . [< ML. 
Burguiidia (> F. Bourgogrtf), Burgundy, < L. 
Bur-pfrass ( CeMChr 
tributaries). 
burin 
Burgundiones, LL. also Burgundii O AS. Bur- 
gendas), pi., a tribe of Goths.] 1. a. Of or 
pertaining to the Burgundians, or to the king- 
dom, duchy, or province of Burgundy Order 
Of the Burgundian Cross, an order founded by the em- 
peror Charles V., which did not survive. 
II. n. 1. One of the Burgundii or Burgun- 
diones, a Germanic tribe who settled in Gaul 
and founded the kingdom of Burgundy in the 
fifth century. 
The Burgundians settled in the southeast part of Gaul, 
the part nearest to Italy. 
E. A. Freeman, Old Eng. Hist., p. 24. 
2. A native or an inhabitant of Burgundy, suc- 
cessively a kingdom and a duchy of western 
Europe, varying greatly in extent, part of 
which finally became the province of Burgundy 
in eastern France. 
Burgundy (ber'gun-di), n. A large class of 
wines, both red and white, produced in Bur- 
gundy in France, and sharing with the Bor- 
deaux wines the reputation of including the 
finest wines made. 
The mellow-tasted Burgundy. Thomson, Autumn, 1. 705. 
Burgundy pitch. Seei>itch. 
burgwardt (berg'ward), n. [An old law form, 
< burg, a fortified place, a castle, + ward, a 
keeping.] The custody or keeping of a castle. 
burnt, n. Early Middle English and Anglo- 
Saxon form of borough^. 
The burh of the Anglo-Saxon period was simply a more 
strictly organised form of the township. It was probably 
in a more defensible position; had a ditch or mound 
instead of the quickset hedge or "tun" from which the 
township took its name ; and as the " tun " originally was 
the fenced homestead of the cultivator, the burh was 
the fortified house and court-yard of the mighty mail 
the king, the magistrate, or the noble. 
Stubbs, Const Hist., 44. 
burhbott, n. See burghbote. 
burhgemott. * See burghmote. 
burial (ber'i-al), n. [In the second sense burial 
is now regarded as formed directly from buryZ 
+ -al (of. betrothal, renewal, etc.), but it is due 
to burial in first sense, < ME. buriel, biriel, be- 
riel, a tomb, grave, a corruption of buriels, re- 
garded as a plural form, but really singular, 
buriels, biriels, beriels, bergels, a tomb, grave, < 
AS. byrgels, a tomb, grave, < byrgan, bury (see 
buryS), + suffix -els (cf. riddle*, < AS. rcedels).] 
If. A grave or place of sepulture ; a tomb. 
Pullide it [the body] in his newe biriel, . . . and he 
walowid to a grete stone at the dore of the biriel. 
Wydif, Mat. xxvii. 60. 
For prophetes hern tolde, 
That that blessed body of buriels sholdc aryse. 
Piers Plomnan (C), xxii. 146. 
Vailing her high-top lower than her ribs 
To kiss her burial. Sluik., M. of V., i. 1. 
2. The act of burying; specifically, the act of 
burying a deceased person; sepulture; inter- 
ment ; the act of depositing a dead body in any 
place where it is intended to remain. 
Till that the duke give order for his burial. 
Shak., Rich. III., i. 4. 
Privilege of death and burial. Milton, S. A., I. 104. 
Burial service, the religious service performed at the 
interment of the dead, or a prescribed order or formula 
for such service. 
burial-case (ber'i-al-kas), n. A kind of coffin 
so made as to be air-tight, intended for the 
preservation of the body. 
burial-ground (ber'i-al-ground), n. A grave- 
yard or cemetery. 
burial-mound (ber'i-al-mound), . The mound 
raised over the remains of deceased persons in 
ancient times ; a barrow. 
"burial-place (ber'i-al-plas), . A portion of 
ground set apart for or occupied by a grave or 
graves ; a grave or a graveyard. 
burielst, n. [ME. : see burial.'] The older form 
of burial, 1. 
burier (ber'i-er), n. One who buries a deceased 
person ; that which buries or covers. 
And darkness be the burier of the dead. 
Shak., -2 Hen. IV., i. 1. 
burin (bu'rin), . [< F. burin, < It. borino (cf. 
OSp. boril, Sp. Pg. buril), a gravers' chisel, 
prob. < OHG. bora, a borer, gimlet, = E. bore^, 
.] 1. An engravers' tool of tempered steel, 
with a lozenge- 
shaped point, 
fixed in a han- 
dle the end of 
which, held in 
the hand, is 
rounded at the 
top; a graver. B urm. 
Pushed forward by 
the hand in any desired direction, it cuts a shallow or 
deep furrow, according to the pressure exerted. When, as 
