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a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a bursa or to bursæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. bursarius, fr. bursa purse. See Burse, and cf. Purser. ] 1. A treasurer, or cash keeper; a purser; as, the bursar of a college, or of a monastery. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A student to whom a stipend or bursary is paid for his complete or partial support. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office of a bursar. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. -ries [ LL. bursaria. See Bursar. ] 1. The treasury of a college or monastery. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A scholarship or charitable foundation in a university, as in Scotland; a sum given to enable a student to pursue his studies. “No woman of rank or fortune but would have a bursary in her gift.” Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. circumcursare, -satum, to run round about. ] The act of running about; also, rambling language. [ Obs. ] Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ G. ] A public hall or room, for the use of visitors at watering places and health resorts in Germany. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. (Sumerian mythology) The great mother goddess in Sumerian mythology, worshipped also as Aruru and Mama and Nintu.
Syn. -- Ninkhursag, Ninkharsag. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. (Sumerian mythology) Same as Ninhursag. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. recursans, -antis, p. pr. of recursare to run back, v. freq. of recurrere. See Recure. ] (Her.) Displayed with the back toward the spectator; -- said especially of an eagle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ CF. F. remboursable. ] Capable of being repaid; repayable. [ 1913 Webster ]

A loan has been made of two millions of dollars, reimbursable in ten years. A. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. succursale. See Succor, n. & v. t. ] Serving to aid or help; serving as a chapel of ease; tributary. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Not a city was without its cathedral, surrounded by its succursal churches, its monasteries, and convents. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ (Assumed) OF. sursaneüre. See Sur-, and Sane. ] A wound healed or healing outwardly only. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Of a sursanure
In surgery is perilous the cure. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Uni- + L. currere, cursum, to run. ] (Geom.) That can be passed over in a single course; -- said of a curve when the coordinates of the point on the curve can be expressed as rational algebraic functions of a single parameter θ. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ As θ varies minus infinity to plus infinity, to each value of θ there corresponds one, and only one, point of the curve, while to each point on the curve there corresponds one, and only one, value of θ. Straight lines, conic sections, curves of the third order with a nodal point, curves of the fourth order with three double points, etc., are unicursal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ursa a she-bear, also, a constellation, fem. of ursus a bear. Cf. Arctic. ] (Astron.) Either one of the Bears. See the Phrases below. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ursa Major [ L. ], the Great Bear, one of the most conspicuous of the northern constellations. It is situated near the pole, and contains the stars which form the Dipper, or Charles's Wain, two of which are the Pointers, or stars which point towards the North Star. --
Ursa Minor [ L. ], the Little Bear, the constellation nearest the north pole. It contains the north star, or polestar, which is situated in the extremity of the tail. [ 1913 Webster ]