BURROW

n. v.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

An incorporated town. See 1st Borough.

2.
n.

A shelter; esp. a hole in the ground made by certain animals, as rabbits, for shelter and habitation.

3.
n.

A heap or heaps of rubbish or refuse.

4.
n.

A mound. See 3d Barrow, and Camp, n., 5.

5.
v.

To excavate a hole to lodge in, as in the earth; to lodge in a hole excavated in the earth, as conies or rabbits.

6.
v.

To lodge, or take refuge, in any deep or concealed place; to hide. Sir, this vermin of court reporters, when they are forced into day upon one point, are sure to burrow in another. Burke. Burrowing owl (Zoöl.), a small owl of the western part of North America (Speotyto cunicularia), which lives in holes, often in company with the prairie dog.


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