Chapter Bulge to Byword of B by Soule's Synonymes

Burgall, n. Conner, cunner, chogset, blue perch.

Burgher, n. Townsman, citizen, dweller in the town.

Burglar, n. House-breaker.

Burglary, n. House-breaking.

Burial, n. Interment, sepulture, inhumation, entombment, burying.

Burial-ground, n. Cemetery, grave-yard, burying-ground, church-yard, necropolis, God’s Acre.

Burin, n. Graver, style.

Burke, v. a.

1. Suffocate, murder by suffocation, smother to death.

2. Smother, suppress, shelve, bury, shuffle aside.

Burlesque, a. Caricaturing, travestying, parodying, parodical, ridiculing.

Burlesque, n. Caricature, travesty, parody, farce, ludicrous representation, piece of ridicule

Burlesque, v. a. Caricature, travesty, make ludicrous or ridiculous.

Burly, a.

1. Stout, lusty, brawny, portly, bulky, strong, strapping, bouncing (colloq.).

2. (Obsolescent.) Boisterous, noisy, blustering, swaggering, bullying, hectoring, coarse and rough.

Burn, v. a.

1. Consume (with fire), reduce to ashes.

2. Calcine, char, scorch, toast, parch, bake.

3. Injure by fire or heat.

4. Shrivel, cause to wither.

5. Tan, bronze, brown, embrown.

Burn, v. n.

1. Flame, be on fire.