Index of English words, starting with "bu"

(1) - Burin (n.) The manner or style of execution of an engraver; as, a soft burin; a brilliant burin.
(2) - Burin (n.) 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.

(1) - Burinist (n.) One who works with the burin.

(1) - Burke (v. t.) To dispose of quietly or indirectly; to suppress; to smother; to shelve; as, to burke a parliamentary question.
(2) - Burke (v. t.) 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.