Read full poem →Such as the former, is the general stilc of our author's drollery, particu-
larly of Fletcher's; Beaumont deals chiefly in another species, the bur-
iesque epic. Thus when the Little comic French Lawyer is run fighting-
Dictionary Entry
A rough, prickly husk around the seeds or fruit of some plants.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. burn buroak burclover burbur roundbur fissurebur carbidebur diamond
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Poetry examples for “bur”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Monosyllabic BEST GRoy Paley aA HW RUUN Ga | PRO CeO ne pin a
SE AS RU MY WE SEY ULES Rat cL LOVES Mate On RECA BUR AL EY ic
(UN eaibs oS a 51 SUR CREA ONT CORR MR EME RINE NN Lae NCS
Read full poem →Said he. He was tanned like a harvester,
Like his short clay pipe, like the leaf and bur
That clung to his coat from last night's bed,
Read full poem →English merchants, was in like manner made illegal. Commercial
intercourse between the northern and southern colonies was bur-
dened with oppressive duties; and, by degrees, the very manufacture
Read full poem →[The Lier. _HN:_ _no title_, _B_, _Bur_, _Cy_, _O'F_, _P_,
_W_]
Read full poem →[Antiquary. _1633-69_, _A18_, _N_, _P_, _TCC_, _TCD_, _W:_
Hammon. _HN:_ _no title_, _Bur_, _Cy_, _O'F:_ Epigram. _S96_]