Vocabulary : Burgundy to Burke

Burgundy : An old province of France (in the eastern central part). ;; A richly flavored wine, mostly red, made in Burgundy, France.
Burh : See Burg.
Burhel : Alt. of Burrhel
Burial : A grave; a tomb; a place of sepulture. ;; The act of burying; depositing a dead body in the earth, in a tomb or vault, or in the water, usually with attendant ceremonies; sepulture; interment.
Buried : of Bury

Burier : One who, or that which, buries.
Burin : The cutting tool of an engraver on metal, used in line engraving. It is made of tempered steel, one end being ground off obliquely so as to produce a sharp point, and the other end inserted in a handle; a graver; also, the similarly shaped tool used by workers in marble. ;; The manner or style of execution of an engraver; as, a soft burin; a brilliant burin.
Burinist : One who works with the burin.
Burion : The red-breasted house sparrow of California (Carpodacus frontalis); -- called also crimson-fronted bullfinch.
Burke : To murder by suffocation, or so as to produce few marks of violence, for the purpose of obtaining a body to be sold for dissection. ;; To dispose of quietly or indirectly; to suppress; to smother; to shelve; as, to burke a parliamentary question.

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