| slovo | definícia |
bury
(encz) | bury,pohřbít v: [obec.] 6 6 |
bury
(encz) | bury,pohřbívat v: [obec.] 8 6 |
bury
(encz) | bury,pochovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
bury
(encz) | bury,zahrabat Zdeněk Brož |
bury
(encz) | bury,zakopat Zdeněk Brož |
Bury
(gcide) | Bury \Bur"y\ (b[e^]r"r[y^]), n. [See 1st Borough.]
1. A borough; a manor; as, the Bury of St. Edmond's;
Note: used as a termination of names of places; as,
Canterbury, Shrewsbury.
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2. A manor house; a castle. [Prov. Eng.]
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To this very day, the chief house of a manor, or the
lord's seat, is called bury, in some parts of
England. --Miege.
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Bury
(gcide) | Bury \Bur"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Buried; p. pr. & vb. n.
Burying.] [OE. burien, birien, berien, AS. byrgan; akin to
beorgan to protect, OHG. bergan, G. bergen, Icel. bjarga, Sw.
berga, Dan. bierge, Goth. ba['i]rgan. [root]95. Cf.
Burrow.]
1. To cover out of sight, either by heaping something over,
or by placing within something, as earth, etc.; to conceal
by covering; to hide; as, to bury coals in ashes; to bury
the face in the hands.
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And all their confidence
Under the weight of mountains buried deep. --Milton.
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2. Specifically: To cover out of sight, as the body of a
deceased person, in a grave, a tomb, or the ocean; to
deposit (a corpse) in its resting place, with funeral
ceremonies; to inter; to inhume.
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Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
--Matt. viii.
21.
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I'll bury thee in a triumphant grave. --Shak.
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3. To hide in oblivion; to put away finally; to abandon; as,
to bury strife.
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Give me a bowl of wine
In this I bury all unkindness, Cassius. --Shak.
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Burying beetle (Zool.), the general name of many species of
beetles, of the tribe Necrophaga; the sexton beetle; --
so called from their habit of burying small dead animals
by digging away the earth beneath them. The larv[ae] feed
upon decaying flesh, and are useful scavengers.
To bury the hatchet, to lay aside the instruments of war,
and make peace; -- a phrase used in allusion to the custom
observed by the North American Indians, of burying a
tomahawk when they conclude a peace.
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Syn: To intomb; inter; inhume; inurn; hide; cover; conceal;
overwhelm; repress.
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bury
(wn) | bury
v 1: cover from sight; "Afghani women buried under their burkas"
2: place in a grave or tomb; "Stalin was buried behind the
Kremlin wall on Red Square"; "The pharaohs were entombed in
the pyramids"; "My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday"
[syn: bury, entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest]
3: place in the earth and cover with soil; "They buried the
stolen goods"
4: enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge
waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly
thereafter" [syn: immerse, swallow, swallow up, bury,
eat up]
5: embed deeply; "She sank her fingers into the soft sand"; "He
buried his head in her lap" [syn: bury, sink]
6: dismiss from the mind; stop remembering; "I tried to bury
these unpleasant memories" [syn: forget, bury] [ant:
remember, think of] |
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banbury
(encz) | Banbury,Banbury n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
bradbury
(encz) | Bradbury,Bradbury n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
bury
(encz) | bury,pohřbít v: [obec.] 6 6 bury,pohřbívat v: [obec.] 8 6 bury,pochovat v: Zdeněk Brožbury,zahrabat Zdeněk Brožbury,zakopat Zdeněk Brož |
bury the hatchet
(encz) | bury the hatchet,skončit boj Zdeněk Brožbury the hatchet,uzavřít mír Zdeněk Brož |
burying
(encz) | burying,zahrabání n: Zdeněk Brožburying,zakopání n: Zdeněk Brož |
canterbury
(encz) | canterbury,stojan na časopisy Zdeněk Brožcanterbury,stojan na noviny Zdeněk BrožCanterbury,Canterbury n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
danbury
(encz) | Danbury, |
dusenbury
(encz) | Dusenbury,Dusenbury n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
kingsbury
(encz) | Kingsbury,Kingsbury n: [jmén.] příjmení, okres v USA Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
lounsbury
(encz) | Lounsbury,Lounsbury n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
middlebury
(encz) | Middlebury, |
newbury
(encz) | Newbury,Newbury n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
newburyport
(encz) | Newburyport, |
pillsbury
(encz) | Pillsbury,Pillsbury n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
rebury
(encz) | rebury, |
reburying
(encz) | reburying, n: |
roxbury
(encz) | Roxbury,Roxbury n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
salisbury
(encz) | Salisbury,Salisbury n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
salisbury steak
(encz) | Salisbury steak,druh hovězího steaku Zdeněk Brož |
sudbury
(encz) | Sudbury, |
waterbury
(encz) | Waterbury,Waterbury n: [jmén.] příjmení, město - Spojené státy
americké Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
woodbury
(encz) | Woodbury,Woodbury n: [jmén.] [zem.] okres v USA, příjmení Martin Ligač |
banbury
(czen) | Banbury,Banburyn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
bradbury
(czen) | Bradbury,Bradburyn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
canterbury
(czen) | Canterbury,Canterburyn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
dusenbury
(czen) | Dusenbury,Dusenburyn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
kingsbury
(czen) | Kingsbury,Kingsburyn: [jmén.] příjmení, okres v USA Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
lounsbury
(czen) | Lounsbury,Lounsburyn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
newbury
(czen) | Newbury,Newburyn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
pillsbury
(czen) | Pillsbury,Pillsburyn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
roxbury
(czen) | Roxbury,Roxburyn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
salisbury
(czen) | Salisbury,Salisburyn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
waterbury
(czen) | Waterbury,Waterburyn: [jmén.] příjmení, město - Spojené státy
americké Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
woodbury
(czen) | Woodbury,Woodburyn: [jmén.] [zem.] okres v USA, příjmení Martin Ligač |
Ambury
(gcide) | Anbury \An"bur*y\, Ambury \Am"bur*y\, n. [AS. ampre, ompre, a
crooked swelling vein: cf. Prov. E. amper a tumor with
inflammation. Cf. the first syllable in agnail, and berry a
fruit.]
1. (Far.) A soft tumor or bloody wart on horses or oxen.
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2. A disease of the roots of turnips, etc.; -- called also
fingers and toes.
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Anbury
(gcide) | Anbury \An"bur*y\, Ambury \Am"bur*y\, n. [AS. ampre, ompre, a
crooked swelling vein: cf. Prov. E. amper a tumor with
inflammation. Cf. the first syllable in agnail, and berry a
fruit.]
1. (Far.) A soft tumor or bloody wart on horses or oxen.
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2. A disease of the roots of turnips, etc.; -- called also
fingers and toes.
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Burying
(gcide) | Bury \Bur"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Buried; p. pr. & vb. n.
Burying.] [OE. burien, birien, berien, AS. byrgan; akin to
beorgan to protect, OHG. bergan, G. bergen, Icel. bjarga, Sw.
berga, Dan. bierge, Goth. ba['i]rgan. [root]95. Cf.
Burrow.]
1. To cover out of sight, either by heaping something over,
or by placing within something, as earth, etc.; to conceal
by covering; to hide; as, to bury coals in ashes; to bury
the face in the hands.
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And all their confidence
Under the weight of mountains buried deep. --Milton.
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2. Specifically: To cover out of sight, as the body of a
deceased person, in a grave, a tomb, or the ocean; to
deposit (a corpse) in its resting place, with funeral
ceremonies; to inter; to inhume.
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Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
--Matt. viii.
21.
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I'll bury thee in a triumphant grave. --Shak.
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3. To hide in oblivion; to put away finally; to abandon; as,
to bury strife.
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Give me a bowl of wine
In this I bury all unkindness, Cassius. --Shak.
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Burying beetle (Zool.), the general name of many species of
beetles, of the tribe Necrophaga; the sexton beetle; --
so called from their habit of burying small dead animals
by digging away the earth beneath them. The larv[ae] feed
upon decaying flesh, and are useful scavengers.
To bury the hatchet, to lay aside the instruments of war,
and make peace; -- a phrase used in allusion to the custom
observed by the North American Indians, of burying a
tomahawk when they conclude a peace.
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Syn: To intomb; inter; inhume; inurn; hide; cover; conceal;
overwhelm; repress.
[1913 Webster] Burying ground |
burying beetle
(gcide) | Necrophore \Nec"ro*phore\, n. [Gr. nekro`s a dead body + fe`rein
to bear.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of beetles of the genus
Necrophorus and allied genera; -- called also {burying
beetle}, carrion beetle, sexton beetle.
[1913 Webster]Bury \Bur"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Buried; p. pr. & vb. n.
Burying.] [OE. burien, birien, berien, AS. byrgan; akin to
beorgan to protect, OHG. bergan, G. bergen, Icel. bjarga, Sw.
berga, Dan. bierge, Goth. ba['i]rgan. [root]95. Cf.
Burrow.]
1. To cover out of sight, either by heaping something over,
or by placing within something, as earth, etc.; to conceal
by covering; to hide; as, to bury coals in ashes; to bury
the face in the hands.
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And all their confidence
Under the weight of mountains buried deep. --Milton.
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2. Specifically: To cover out of sight, as the body of a
deceased person, in a grave, a tomb, or the ocean; to
deposit (a corpse) in its resting place, with funeral
ceremonies; to inter; to inhume.
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Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
--Matt. viii.
21.
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I'll bury thee in a triumphant grave. --Shak.
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3. To hide in oblivion; to put away finally; to abandon; as,
to bury strife.
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Give me a bowl of wine
In this I bury all unkindness, Cassius. --Shak.
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Burying beetle (Zool.), the general name of many species of
beetles, of the tribe Necrophaga; the sexton beetle; --
so called from their habit of burying small dead animals
by digging away the earth beneath them. The larv[ae] feed
upon decaying flesh, and are useful scavengers.
To bury the hatchet, to lay aside the instruments of war,
and make peace; -- a phrase used in allusion to the custom
observed by the North American Indians, of burying a
tomahawk when they conclude a peace.
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Syn: To intomb; inter; inhume; inurn; hide; cover; conceal;
overwhelm; repress.
[1913 Webster] Burying groundCarrion \Car"ri*on\, a.
Of or pertaining to dead and putrefying carcasses; feeding on
carrion.
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A prey for carrion kites. --Shak.
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Carrion beetle (Zool.), any beetle that feeds habitually on
dead animals; -- also called sexton beetle and {burying
beetle}. There are many kinds, belonging mostly to the
family Silphid[ae].
Carrion buzzard (Zool.), a South American bird of several
species and genera (as Ibycter, Milvago, and
Polyborus), which act as scavengers. See Caracara.
Carrion crow, the common European crow (Corvus corone)
which feeds on carrion, insects, fruits, and seeds.
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Burying beetle
(gcide) | Necrophore \Nec"ro*phore\, n. [Gr. nekro`s a dead body + fe`rein
to bear.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of beetles of the genus
Necrophorus and allied genera; -- called also {burying
beetle}, carrion beetle, sexton beetle.
[1913 Webster]Bury \Bur"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Buried; p. pr. & vb. n.
Burying.] [OE. burien, birien, berien, AS. byrgan; akin to
beorgan to protect, OHG. bergan, G. bergen, Icel. bjarga, Sw.
berga, Dan. bierge, Goth. ba['i]rgan. [root]95. Cf.
Burrow.]
1. To cover out of sight, either by heaping something over,
or by placing within something, as earth, etc.; to conceal
by covering; to hide; as, to bury coals in ashes; to bury
the face in the hands.
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And all their confidence
Under the weight of mountains buried deep. --Milton.
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2. Specifically: To cover out of sight, as the body of a
deceased person, in a grave, a tomb, or the ocean; to
deposit (a corpse) in its resting place, with funeral
ceremonies; to inter; to inhume.
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Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
--Matt. viii.
21.
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I'll bury thee in a triumphant grave. --Shak.
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3. To hide in oblivion; to put away finally; to abandon; as,
to bury strife.
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Give me a bowl of wine
In this I bury all unkindness, Cassius. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Burying beetle (Zool.), the general name of many species of
beetles, of the tribe Necrophaga; the sexton beetle; --
so called from their habit of burying small dead animals
by digging away the earth beneath them. The larv[ae] feed
upon decaying flesh, and are useful scavengers.
To bury the hatchet, to lay aside the instruments of war,
and make peace; -- a phrase used in allusion to the custom
observed by the North American Indians, of burying a
tomahawk when they conclude a peace.
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Syn: To intomb; inter; inhume; inurn; hide; cover; conceal;
overwhelm; repress.
[1913 Webster] Burying groundCarrion \Car"ri*on\, a.
Of or pertaining to dead and putrefying carcasses; feeding on
carrion.
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A prey for carrion kites. --Shak.
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Carrion beetle (Zool.), any beetle that feeds habitually on
dead animals; -- also called sexton beetle and {burying
beetle}. There are many kinds, belonging mostly to the
family Silphid[ae].
Carrion buzzard (Zool.), a South American bird of several
species and genera (as Ibycter, Milvago, and
Polyborus), which act as scavengers. See Caracara.
Carrion crow, the common European crow (Corvus corone)
which feeds on carrion, insects, fruits, and seeds.
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burying beetle
(gcide) | Necrophore \Nec"ro*phore\, n. [Gr. nekro`s a dead body + fe`rein
to bear.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of beetles of the genus
Necrophorus and allied genera; -- called also {burying
beetle}, carrion beetle, sexton beetle.
[1913 Webster]Bury \Bur"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Buried; p. pr. & vb. n.
Burying.] [OE. burien, birien, berien, AS. byrgan; akin to
beorgan to protect, OHG. bergan, G. bergen, Icel. bjarga, Sw.
berga, Dan. bierge, Goth. ba['i]rgan. [root]95. Cf.
Burrow.]
1. To cover out of sight, either by heaping something over,
or by placing within something, as earth, etc.; to conceal
by covering; to hide; as, to bury coals in ashes; to bury
the face in the hands.
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And all their confidence
Under the weight of mountains buried deep. --Milton.
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2. Specifically: To cover out of sight, as the body of a
deceased person, in a grave, a tomb, or the ocean; to
deposit (a corpse) in its resting place, with funeral
ceremonies; to inter; to inhume.
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Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
--Matt. viii.
21.
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I'll bury thee in a triumphant grave. --Shak.
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3. To hide in oblivion; to put away finally; to abandon; as,
to bury strife.
[1913 Webster]
Give me a bowl of wine
In this I bury all unkindness, Cassius. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Burying beetle (Zool.), the general name of many species of
beetles, of the tribe Necrophaga; the sexton beetle; --
so called from their habit of burying small dead animals
by digging away the earth beneath them. The larv[ae] feed
upon decaying flesh, and are useful scavengers.
To bury the hatchet, to lay aside the instruments of war,
and make peace; -- a phrase used in allusion to the custom
observed by the North American Indians, of burying a
tomahawk when they conclude a peace.
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Syn: To intomb; inter; inhume; inurn; hide; cover; conceal;
overwhelm; repress.
[1913 Webster] Burying groundCarrion \Car"ri*on\, a.
Of or pertaining to dead and putrefying carcasses; feeding on
carrion.
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A prey for carrion kites. --Shak.
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Carrion beetle (Zool.), any beetle that feeds habitually on
dead animals; -- also called sexton beetle and {burying
beetle}. There are many kinds, belonging mostly to the
family Silphid[ae].
Carrion buzzard (Zool.), a South American bird of several
species and genera (as Ibycter, Milvago, and
Polyborus), which act as scavengers. See Caracara.
Carrion crow, the common European crow (Corvus corone)
which feeds on carrion, insects, fruits, and seeds.
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Burying ground
(gcide) | Burying ground \Bur"y*ing ground`\, Burying place \Bur"y*ing
place\ .
The ground or place for burying the dead; burial place.
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Burying place
(gcide) | Burying ground \Bur"y*ing ground`\, Burying place \Bur"y*ing
place\ .
The ground or place for burying the dead; burial place.
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Canterbury
(gcide) | Canterbury \Can"ter*bur*y\ (k[a^]n"t[~e]r*b[e^]r*r[y^]), prop.
n.
1. A city in England, giving its name various articles. It is
the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury (primate of all
England), and contains the shrine of Thomas [`a] Becket,
to which pilgrimages were formerly made.
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2. A stand with divisions in it for holding music, loose
papers, etc.
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Canterbury ball (Bot.), a species of Campanula of several
varieties, cultivated for its handsome bell-shaped
flowers.
Canterbury gallop, a gentle gallop such as was used by
pilgrims riding to Canterbury; a canter.
Canterbury tale, one of the tales which Chaucer puts into
the mouths of certain pilgrims to Canterbury. Hence, any
tale told by travelers to pass away the time.
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Canterbury ball
(gcide) | Canterbury \Can"ter*bur*y\ (k[a^]n"t[~e]r*b[e^]r*r[y^]), prop.
n.
1. A city in England, giving its name various articles. It is
the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury (primate of all
England), and contains the shrine of Thomas [`a] Becket,
to which pilgrimages were formerly made.
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2. A stand with divisions in it for holding music, loose
papers, etc.
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Canterbury ball (Bot.), a species of Campanula of several
varieties, cultivated for its handsome bell-shaped
flowers.
Canterbury gallop, a gentle gallop such as was used by
pilgrims riding to Canterbury; a canter.
Canterbury tale, one of the tales which Chaucer puts into
the mouths of certain pilgrims to Canterbury. Hence, any
tale told by travelers to pass away the time.
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Canterbury gallop
(gcide) | Aubin \Au"bin\, n. [F.]
A broken gait of a horse, between an amble and a gallop; --
commonly called a Canterbury gallop.
[1913 Webster]Canterbury \Can"ter*bur*y\ (k[a^]n"t[~e]r*b[e^]r*r[y^]), prop.
n.
1. A city in England, giving its name various articles. It is
the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury (primate of all
England), and contains the shrine of Thomas [`a] Becket,
to which pilgrimages were formerly made.
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2. A stand with divisions in it for holding music, loose
papers, etc.
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Canterbury ball (Bot.), a species of Campanula of several
varieties, cultivated for its handsome bell-shaped
flowers.
Canterbury gallop, a gentle gallop such as was used by
pilgrims riding to Canterbury; a canter.
Canterbury tale, one of the tales which Chaucer puts into
the mouths of certain pilgrims to Canterbury. Hence, any
tale told by travelers to pass away the time.
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Canterbury tale
(gcide) | Canterbury \Can"ter*bur*y\ (k[a^]n"t[~e]r*b[e^]r*r[y^]), prop.
n.
1. A city in England, giving its name various articles. It is
the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury (primate of all
England), and contains the shrine of Thomas [`a] Becket,
to which pilgrimages were formerly made.
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2. A stand with divisions in it for holding music, loose
papers, etc.
[1913 Webster]
Canterbury ball (Bot.), a species of Campanula of several
varieties, cultivated for its handsome bell-shaped
flowers.
Canterbury gallop, a gentle gallop such as was used by
pilgrims riding to Canterbury; a canter.
Canterbury tale, one of the tales which Chaucer puts into
the mouths of certain pilgrims to Canterbury. Hence, any
tale told by travelers to pass away the time.
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Glastonbury thorn
(gcide) | Glastonbury thorn \Glas"ton*bur*y thorn`\ (Bot.)
A variety of the common hawthorn. --Loudon.
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Rebury
(gcide) | Rebury \Re*bur"y\ (r[=e]*b[e^]r"r[y^]), v. t.
To bury again. --Ashmole.
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Roxbury russet
(gcide) | Russet \Rus"set\, n.
1. A russet color; a pigment of a russet color.
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2. Cloth or clothing of a russet color.
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3. A country dress; -- so called because often of a russet
color. --Dryden.
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4. An apple, or a pear, of a russet color; as, the {English
russet}, and the Roxbury russet.
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Roxbury waxwork
(gcide) | Bittersweet \Bit"ter*sweet`\, n.
1. Anything which is bittersweet.
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2. A kind of apple so called. --Gower.
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3. (Bot.)
(a) A climbing shrub, with oval coral-red berries
(Solanum dulcamara); woody nightshade. The whole
plant is poisonous, and has a taste at first sweetish
and then bitter. The branches are the officinal
dulcamara.
(b) An American woody climber (Celastrus scandens),
whose yellow capsules open late in autumn, and
disclose the red aril which covers the seeds; -- also
called Roxbury waxwork.
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Tilbury
(gcide) | Tilbury \Til"bu*ry\, n.; pl. Tilburies. [Probably from
Tilburyfort, in the Country of Essex, in England.]
A kind of gig or two-wheeled carriage, without a top or
cover. [Written also tilburgh.]
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To bury the hatchet
(gcide) | Hatchet \Hatch"et\ (-[e^]t), n. [F. hachette, dim. of hache ax.
See 1st Hatch, Hash.]
1. A small ax with a short handle, to be used with one hand.
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2. Specifically, a tomahawk.
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Buried was the bloody hatchet. --Longfellow.
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hatchet face, a thin, sharp face, like the edge of a
hatchet; hence:
hatchet-faced, sharp-visaged. --Dryden.
To bury the hatchet, to make peace or become reconciled.
To take up the hatchet, to make or declare war. The last
two phrases are derived from the practice of the American
Indians.Bury \Bur"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Buried; p. pr. & vb. n.
Burying.] [OE. burien, birien, berien, AS. byrgan; akin to
beorgan to protect, OHG. bergan, G. bergen, Icel. bjarga, Sw.
berga, Dan. bierge, Goth. ba['i]rgan. [root]95. Cf.
Burrow.]
1. To cover out of sight, either by heaping something over,
or by placing within something, as earth, etc.; to conceal
by covering; to hide; as, to bury coals in ashes; to bury
the face in the hands.
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And all their confidence
Under the weight of mountains buried deep. --Milton.
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2. Specifically: To cover out of sight, as the body of a
deceased person, in a grave, a tomb, or the ocean; to
deposit (a corpse) in its resting place, with funeral
ceremonies; to inter; to inhume.
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Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
--Matt. viii.
21.
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I'll bury thee in a triumphant grave. --Shak.
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3. To hide in oblivion; to put away finally; to abandon; as,
to bury strife.
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Give me a bowl of wine
In this I bury all unkindness, Cassius. --Shak.
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Burying beetle (Zool.), the general name of many species of
beetles, of the tribe Necrophaga; the sexton beetle; --
so called from their habit of burying small dead animals
by digging away the earth beneath them. The larv[ae] feed
upon decaying flesh, and are useful scavengers.
To bury the hatchet, to lay aside the instruments of war,
and make peace; -- a phrase used in allusion to the custom
observed by the North American Indians, of burying a
tomahawk when they conclude a peace.
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Syn: To intomb; inter; inhume; inurn; hide; cover; conceal;
overwhelm; repress.
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Unbury
(gcide) | Unbury \Un*bur"y\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + bury.]
To disinter; to exhume; fig., to disclose.
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Woodbury-type
(gcide) | Woodbury-type \Wood"bur*y-type`\, n. [After the name of the
inventor, W. Woodbury.]
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1. A process in photographic printing, in which a relief
pattern in gelatin, which has been hardened after certain
operations, is pressed upon a plate of lead or other soft
metal. An intaglio impression in thus produced, from which
pictures may be directly printed, but by a slower process
than in common printing.
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2. A print from such a plate.
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battle of tewkesbury
(wn) | battle of Tewkesbury
n 1: the final battle of the War of the Roses in 1471 in which
Edward IV defeated the Lancastrians [syn: Tewkesbury,
battle of Tewkesbury] |
bloomsbury
(wn) | Bloomsbury
n 1: a city district of central London laid out in garden
squares |
bloomsbury group
(wn) | Bloomsbury Group
n 1: an inner circle of writers and artists and philosophers who
lived in or around Bloomsbury early in the 20th century and
were noted for their unconventional lifestyles |
bradbury
(wn) | Bradbury
n 1: United States writer of science fiction (born 1920) [syn:
Bradbury, Ray Bradbury, Ray Douglas Bradbury] |
bury
(wn) | bury
v 1: cover from sight; "Afghani women buried under their burkas"
2: place in a grave or tomb; "Stalin was buried behind the
Kremlin wall on Red Square"; "The pharaohs were entombed in
the pyramids"; "My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday"
[syn: bury, entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest]
3: place in the earth and cover with soil; "They buried the
stolen goods"
4: enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge
waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly
thereafter" [syn: immerse, swallow, swallow up, bury,
eat up]
5: embed deeply; "She sank her fingers into the soft sand"; "He
buried his head in her lap" [syn: bury, sink]
6: dismiss from the mind; stop remembering; "I tried to bury
these unpleasant memories" [syn: forget, bury] [ant:
remember, think of] |
burying
(wn) | burying
n 1: concealing something under the ground [syn: burying,
burial] |
burying ground
(wn) | burying ground
n 1: a tract of land used for burials [syn: cemetery,
graveyard, burial site, burial ground, {burying
ground}, memorial park, necropolis] |
canterbury
(wn) | Canterbury
n 1: a town in Kent in southeastern England; site of the
cathedral where Thomas a Becket was martyred in 1170; seat
of the archbishop and primate of the Anglican Church |
canterbury bell
(wn) | Canterbury bell
n 1: herb of Colombia to Peru having pale purple flowers [syn:
Canterbury bell, Gloxinia perennis]
2: European biennial widely cultivated for its blue or violet or
white flowers [syn: Canterbury bell, cup and saucer,
Campanula medium] |
canterbury tales
(wn) | Canterbury Tales
n 1: an uncompleted series of tales written after 1387 by
Geoffrey Chaucer |
dick fosbury
(wn) | Dick Fosbury
n 1: United States athlete who revolutionized the high jump by
introducing the Fosbury flop in the 1968 Olympics (born in
1947) [syn: Fosbury, Dick Fosbury, {Richard D.
Fosbury}] |
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