Definition of Samburs

1. sambur [n] - See also: sambur

Lexicographical Neighbors of Samburs

sambhars
sambhur
sambhurs
sambo
samboo
sambos
sambubiose
sambuca
sambucas
sambucus
sambuke
sambukes
sambuq
sambuqs
sambur
samburs (current term)
same
same(p)
same-blooded
same-bloodedness
same-minded
same-old, same-old
same-old same-old
same difference
same exact
same here

Literary usage of Samburs

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

1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1859)
"... and in an adjacent part of the park the Ceylonese samburs will, in a few years be equally numerous. Thin interesting question has very recently been ..."

2. Goa, and the Blue Mountains, Or, Six Months of Sick Leave by Richard Francis Burton (1851)
"samburs, when wounded and closely pursued, will sometimes stand and defend themselves desperately with tooth and antler ; the " game thing " then is to ..."

3. Wild Sports of the World: A Boy's Book of Natural History and Adventure by James Greenwood (1862)
"... her cries will gather all the samburs in the neighbourhood, and the would-be kidnapper is glad to sneak away from the bristling ruffs and threatening ..."

4. Goa, and the Blue Mountains, Or, Six Months of Sick Leave by Richard Francis Burton (1851)
"samburs, when wounded and closely pursued, will sometimes stand and defend themselves desperately with tooth and antler; the "game thing" then is to " walk ..."

5. Varieties of Vice-regal Life by William Denison (1870)
"I have killed samburs and hares; had a shot at a tiger, also at a bison; was present at the death of a leopard; and was unpleasantly near to an elephant ..."

6. Sport in British Burmah, Assam, and the Cassyah and Jyntiah Hills: With by Fitz William Thomas Pollok (1879)
"... of the 30th, we saw thirteen samburs pass along a hillside in single file, the stag bringing up the rear. In Burmah we generally put them up singly, ..."

7. Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal by Asiatic Society of Bengal (1875)
"... running in its peculiar hopping style all round the park and barking; and even the samburs (rusa Aristotelis), large as they are, with tail erect, ..."

8. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1859)
"... and in an adjacent part of the park the Ceylonese samburs will, in a few years be equally numerous. Thin interesting question has very recently been ..."

9. Goa, and the Blue Mountains, Or, Six Months of Sick Leave by Richard Francis Burton (1851)
"samburs, when wounded and closely pursued, will sometimes stand and defend themselves desperately with tooth and antler ; the " game thing " then is to ..."

10. Wild Sports of the World: A Boy's Book of Natural History and Adventure by James Greenwood (1862)
"... her cries will gather all the samburs in the neighbourhood, and the would-be kidnapper is glad to sneak away from the bristling ruffs and threatening ..."

11. Goa, and the Blue Mountains, Or, Six Months of Sick Leave by Richard Francis Burton (1851)
"samburs, when wounded and closely pursued, will sometimes stand and defend themselves desperately with tooth and antler; the "game thing" then is to " walk ..."

12. Varieties of Vice-regal Life by William Denison (1870)
"I have killed samburs and hares; had a shot at a tiger, also at a bison; was present at the death of a leopard; and was unpleasantly near to an elephant ..."

13. Sport in British Burmah, Assam, and the Cassyah and Jyntiah Hills: With by Fitz William Thomas Pollok (1879)
"... of the 30th, we saw thirteen samburs pass along a hillside in single file, the stag bringing up the rear. In Burmah we generally put them up singly, ..."

14. Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal by Asiatic Society of Bengal (1875)
"... running in its peculiar hopping style all round the park and barking; and even the samburs (rusa Aristotelis), large as they are, with tail erect, ..."

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