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and violent exertion of force, or to pressure from within; to explode; as, the boiler had burst; the buds will burst in spring. From the egg that soon Bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosed Their callow young. Milton.

p. p. of Burst, v. i. [Obs.]

One that bursts.

A plant (Herniaria glabra) supposed to be valuable for the cure of hernia or rupture.

In a bursting condition.

A sudden copious rainfall, as the whole cloud had been precipitated at once.

A bursting in or into.

A bursting forth.

A burst of sunlight.

A burst of thunder.

The act of bursting upwards; a breaking through to the surface; an upbreak or uprush; as, an upburst of molten matter.

hen he was a dying" Heb. xi. 21. "We'll a birding together." " It was a doing." Shak. "He burst out a laughing." Macaulay. The hyphen may be used to connect a with the verbal substantive (as, a-hunting, a-building) or the words may be written separately. This form of expression is now for the most part obsolete, the a…

A paroxysm; a fit of passion; an outburst; as, an access of fury. [A Gallicism]

us Wyclif says, "The vail of the temple was to rent:" and of Judas, "He was hanged and to-burst the middle:" i. e., burst in two, or asunder. -- All along. See under Along. -- All and some, individually and collectively, one and all. [Obs.] "Displeased all and some." Fairfax. -- All but. (a) Scarcely; not even. [Obs…

Gold-bearing; containing or producing gold. Whence many a bursting stream auriferous plays. Thomson. ~= pyrites, iron pyrites (iron disulphide), containing some gold disseminated through it.

A flaming, roundish body shot into the air; a case filled with combustibles intended to burst and give light or set fire, or to produce smoke or stench; as, a fire ball; a stink ball.

To talk thoughtlessly or without discretion; to tattle; to tell tales. She must burst or blab. Dryden.

A bursting out, or active display of any quality; an outburst; a brilliant display. "Fierce blaze of riot." "His blaze of wrath." Shak. For what is glory but the blaze of fame Milton.

rown into the air as by an explosion of powder or gas or the expansive force of steam; to burst; to explode; as, a powder mill or steam boiler blows up. "The enemy's magazines blew up." Tatler.

An outburst of temper or excitement. [Colloq.]