Definition of Burkite

1. a burker [n -S] - See also: burker

Lexicographical Neighbors of Burkite

burked
burked(p)
burkeite
burker
burkers
burkes
burkholderia
burkholderia cepacia
burkholderia infections
burkholderia pseudomallei
burkina faso
burkinabes
burking
burkini
burkinis
burkite (current term)
burkites
burkitt lymphoma
burks
burl
burladero
burladeros
burlap
burlap bag
burlaps
burlaw
burled
burler
burlers
burlesk

Literary usage of Burkite

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"It only remained for him t о make a formal alliance with these 'burkite' whigs and their acknowledged leader ..."

2. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1822)
"... we conceive that the writer is a sort of burkite: — yet he once ventured to mount the cupola of St. Paul's in company with ' his worthy friend Dr. Ag,' ..."

3. The Yale Literary Magazine by Lyman Hotchkiss Bagg, Yale University (1853)
"His political creed was based upon a compound of burkite and Jeffer- sonian principles. He was Thomas Jefferson minus ..."

4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1854)
"... he was too much of a burkite, to relish seeing Lafayette. Dc Humboldt spoke highly of him, and mentioned with pleasure, as a proof of tolerance of ..."

5. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1797)
"Mr. Fox would have made peace with the enemy, and was guilty of the heinous fin of paying no attention to the burkite ..."

6. The Punishment of Death: A Selection of Articles from the Morning Herald by Thomson Gale (Firm) (1836)
"... blished as that of May, the burkite,;—the fifth has admitted his crime, but pleaded his youth. (See p. 208.) All the convicts, both at Bristol and ..."

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