Bury

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A manor house; a castle.

II. Bury ·noun A borough; a manor; as, the Bury of St. Edmond's.

III. Bury ·vt To hide in oblivion; to put away finally; to Abandon; as, to bury strife.

IV. Bury ·vt To cover out of sight, either by heaping something over, or by placing within something, as earth, ·etc.; to conceal by covering; to Hide; as, to bury coals in ashes; to bury the face in the hands.

V. Bury ·vt Specifically: To cover out of sight, as the body of a deceased person, in a grave, a tomb, or the ocean; to deposit (a corpse) in its resting place, with funeral ceremonies; to Inter; to Inhume.

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