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Burgh
- noun - a borough in Scotland
Burgs
- noun - colloquial American term for a town; "I've lived in this burg all my life"
Burin
- noun - a chisel of tempered steel with a sharp point; used for engraving
Burka
- noun - a loose garment (usually with veiled holes for the eyes) worn by Muslim women especially in India and Pakistan; "the Taliban forced all women to wear the burqa"
Burke
- noun - British statesman famous for his oratory; pleaded the cause of the American colonists in British Parliament and defended the parliamentary system (1729-1797)
- get rid of, silence, or suppress; "burke an issue"
- murder without leaving a trace on the body
- United States frontierswoman and legendary figure of the Wild West noted for her marksmanship (1852-1903)
Burls
- noun - a large rounded outgrowth on the trunk or branch of a tree
- remove the burls from cloth
- soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design
- the wood cut from a tree burl or outgrowth; often used decoratively in veneer
Burly
- adjective - muscular and heavily built; "a beefy wrestler"; "had a tall burly frame"; "clothing sizes for husky boys"; "a strapping boy of eighteen"; "`buirdly' is a Scottish term"
Burma
- noun - a mountainous republic in southeastern Asia on the Bay of Bengal; "much opium is grown in Myanmar"
Burns
- noun - a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
- a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body)
- an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation
- burn at the stake; "Witches were burned in Salem"
- burn with heat, fire, or radiation; "The iron burnt a hole in my dress"
- burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent; "The surgeon cauterized the wart"
- cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face"
- cause to burn or combust; "The sun burned off the fog"; "We combust coal and other fossil fuels"
- cause to undergo combustion; "burn garbage"; "The car burns only Diesel oil"
- celebrated Scottish poet (1759-1796)
- create by duplicating data; "cut a disk"; "burn a CD"
- damage inflicted by fire
- destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries"
- feel
Burnt
- verb - burn at the stake; "Witches were burned in Salem"
- burn with heat, fire, or radiation; "The iron burnt a hole in my dress"
- burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent; "The surgeon cauterized the wart"
- cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face"
- cause to burn or combust; "The sun burned off the fog"; "We combust coal and other fossil fuels"
- cause to undergo combustion; "burn garbage"; "The car burns only Diesel oil"
- create by duplicating data; "cut a disk"; "burn a CD"
- destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries"
- destroyed or badly damaged by fire; "a row of burned houses"; "a charred bit of burnt wood"; "a burned-over site in the forest"; "barricaded the street with burnt-out cars"
- feel hot or painful; "My eyes are burning"
- feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion; "She was burning with anger"; "He