n. (Eccl. Hist.) One who seceded from the Scottish Burghers (1747), deeming it improper to take the Burgess oath. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. See Burg. ] A borough or incorporated town, especially, one in Scotland. See Borough. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Belonging to a burgh. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Burgh + bote. ] (Old Law) A contribution toward the building or repairing of castles or walls for the defense of a city or town. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Burgh + F. brèche, equiv. to E. breach. ] (AS. Law) The offense of violating the pledge given by every inhabitant of a tithing to keep the peace; breach of the peace. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From burgh; akin to D. burger, G. bürger, Dan. borger, Sw. borgare. See Burgh. ] 1. A freeman of a burgh or borough, entitled to enjoy the privileges of the place; any inhabitant of a borough. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Eccl. Hist.) A member of that party, among the Scotch seceders, which asserted the lawfulness of the burgess oath (in which burgesses profess “the true religion professed within the realm”), the opposite party being called antiburghers. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ These parties arose among the Presbyterians of Scotland, in 1747, and in 1820 reunited under the name of the “United Associate Synod of the Secession Church.” [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Burgomaster. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or privileges of a burgher. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A burgomaster. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mining) An officer who directs and lays out the meres or boundaries for the workmen; -- called also bailiff, and barmaster. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (AS. Law) [ Burgh + mote meeting. ] A court or meeting of a burgh or borough; a borough court held three times yearly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A spurious coin of light weight imported into England from Luxemburg, or Lussheburgh, as it was formerly called. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

God wot, no Lussheburghes payen ye. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From the third duke of Roxburgh (Scotland), a noted book collector who had his books so bound. ] A style of bookbinding in which the back is plain leather, the sides paper or cloth, the top gilt-edged, but the front and bottom left uncut. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A kind of red and yellow apple, of medium size and spicy flavor. It originated at Newtown, on Long Island. [ 1913 Webster ]