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    Bury , n. [See 1st Borough.]
    1. A borough; a manor; as, the Bury of St. Edmond's; -- used as a termination of names of places; as, Canterbury, Shrewsbury.
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    2. A manor house; a castle. [Prov. Eng.]
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      To this very day, the chief house of a manor, or the lord's seat, is called bury, in some parts of England.
      Miege.

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    Bury , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Buried ; p. pr. & vb. n. Burying .] [OE. burien, birien, berien, AS. byrgan; akin to beorgan to protect, OHG. bergan, G. bergen, Icel. bjarga, Sw. berga, Dan. bierge, Goth. baírgan. √95. Cf. Burrow.]
    1. To cover out of sight, either by heaping something over, or by placing within something, as earth, etc.; to conceal by covering; to hide; as, to bury coals in ashes; to bury the face in the hands.
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      And all their confidence
      Under the weight of mountains buried deep.
      Milton.

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    2. Specifically: To cover out of sight, as the body of a deceased person, in a grave, a tomb, or the ocean; to deposit (a corpse) in its resting place, with funeral ceremonies; to inter; to inhume.
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      Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
      Matt. viii. 21.

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      I'll bury thee in a triumphant grave.
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    3. To hide in oblivion; to put away finally; to abandon; as, to bury strife.
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      Give me a bowl of wine
      In this I bury all unkindness, Cassius.
      Shak.

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      Burying beetle (Zool.), the general name of many species of beetles, of the tribe Necrophaga; the sexton beetle; -- so called from their habit of burying small dead animals by digging away the earth beneath them. The larvæ feed upon decaying flesh, and are useful scavengers. -- To bury the hatchet, to lay aside the instruments of war, and make peace; -- a phrase used in allusion to the custom observed by the North American Indians, of burying a tomahawk when they conclude a peace.
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      Syn. -- To intomb; inter; inhume; inurn; hide; cover; conceal; overwhelm; repress.
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