Vocabulary : Burgage to Burggrave

Burgage : A tenure by which houses or lands are held of the king or other lord of a borough or city; at a certain yearly rent, or by services relating to trade or handicraft.
Burgall : A small marine fish; -- also called cunner.
Burgamot : See Bergamot.
Burganet : See Burgonet.
Burgee : A kind of small coat. ;; A swallow-tailed flag; a distinguishing pennant, used by cutters, yachts, and merchant vessels.

Burgeois : See 1st Bourgeois. ;; A burgess; a citizen. See 2d Bourgeois.
Burgeon : To bud. See Bourgeon.
Burgess : An inhabitant of a borough or walled town, or one who possesses a tenement therein; a citizen or freeman of a borough. ;; One who represents a borough in Parliament. ;; A magistrate of a borough. ;; An inhabitant of a Scotch burgh qualified to vote for municipal officers.
Burgess-ship : The state of privilege of a burgess.
Burggrave : Originally, one appointed to the command of a burg (fortress or castle); but the title afterward became hereditary, with a domain attached.

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