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. (Zool.) The Eskimo curlew (Numenius borealis). See Curlew. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. A ruffian; one who hounds, or spies upon, another; app. esp. to the members of certain alleged societies among the Chinese. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a high diving board. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
a. Of noble or aristocratic birth. Contrasted with
n.
n. a person of intellectual or erudite tastes; an intellectual. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
n. [ OE. neighebour, AS. neáhgebūr; neáh nigh + gebūr a dweller, farmer; akin to D. nabuur, G. nachbar, OHG. nāhgibūr. See Nigh, and Boor. ]
Masters, my good friends, mine honest neighbors. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
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No more shall be the neighbor to my counsel. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbor unto him that fell among the thieves? Luke x. 36. [ 1913 Webster ]
The gospel allows no such term as “stranger;” makes every man my neighbor. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Near to another; adjoining; adjacent; next; neighboring. “The neighbor cities.” Jer. l. 40. “The neighbor room.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To dwell in the vicinity; to be a neighbor, or in the neighborhood; to be near. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
A copse that neighbors by. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Leisurely ascending hills that neighbor the shore. Sandys. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Written also neighbourhood. ]
Then the prison and the palace were in awful neighborhood. Ld. Lytton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Living or being near; adjacent;
n. The quality or state of being neighborly. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Also written neighbourly. ] Appropriate to the relation of neighbors; having frequent or familiar intercourse; kind; civil; social; friendly. --
Judge if this be neighborly dealing. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state of being neighbors. [ R. ] J. Bailie. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Bred from the best blood through a long line; pure-blooded; -- said of stock, as horses. Hence, having the characteristics of such breeding; mettlesome; courageous; of elegant form, or the like. --
a. Being without neigbors. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Not neighborly; distant; reserved; solitary; exclusive. --
n. A kind of large steelyard for weighing merchandise; -- also called
n. (Mining) Clay intersecting a vein. Weale. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A weighing machine on which loaded carts may be weighed; platform scales. [ 1913 Webster ]