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248 words match “BURT”

DIABOLISM n.
Possession by the devil. Bp. Warburton.
DIALOGICAL a.
Relating to a dialogue; dialogistical. Burton.
DILDO n.
A burden in popular songs. [Obs.] Delicate burthens of dildos and fadings. Shak.
DISACCOMMODATE v.
To put to inconvenience; to incommode. [R.] Bp. Warburton.
DISARD n.
See Dizzard. [Obs.] Burton.
DISINTERESTING a.
Uninteresting. [Obs.] "Disinteresting passages." Bp. Warburton.
DISORIENT v.
he cast; to confuse as to which way is east; to cause to lose one's bearings. [R.] Bp. Warburton.
DISSOCIABILITY n.
Want of sociability; unsociableness. Bp. Warburton.
DIVERB n.
tical proverb. [Obs.] Italy, a paradise for horses, a hell for women, as the diverb goes. Burton.
DIVINATOR n.
One who practices or pretends to divination; a diviner. [R.] Burton.
DONARY n.
A thing given to a sacred use. [R.] Burton.
DOORSTEAD n.
Entrance or place of a door. [Obs. or Local] Bp. Warburton.
DOTER n.
One who dotes; a man whose understanding is enfeebled by age; a dotard. Burton.
DRONE n.
g as a drone,to be an unprofitable and unworthy member of so noble and learned a society. Burton.
DRUGGER n.
A druggist. [Obs.] Burton.
DUMMERER n.
One who feigns dumbness. [Obs.] Burton.
DUNCIFY v.
To make stupid in intellect. [R.] Bp. Warburton.
ELATE v.
or flush with success; to puff up; to make proud. Foolishly elated by spiritual pride. Warburton. You ought not be elated at the chance mishaps of your enemies. Jowett (Thucyd. ).
ELIXATION n.
A seething; digestion. [Obs.] Burton.
EMBARRASS n.
Embarrassment. [Obs.] Bp. Warburton.
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