Buffet
Buffet, A Piece Of Furniture, Of French Origin, Closely Akin To The Sideboard, Cupboard And Dresser. It Came Into Its Greatest Pro Minence During The Stuart Period, But Has Varied So Widely In Form That It Is Difficult To Trace Its Natural Development. It Has Been More Commonly Used As ...
Bufflehead
Bufflehead, The Common Name For A North American Duck (charitonetta Albeola), Allied To The Pochard And Canvas-back (qq.v.). In Colour The Bufflehead Is Black Or Blackish Above, White Below, With A White Band Extending Around The Back Of The Head From Eye To Eye, And With The Remainder Of The ...
Bug
Bug, The Name Of Two Rivers Of Europe. (i) A Stream Of European Russia, Which Rises In The Avratynsk Hills Near The Polish Frontier And Flows Generally South-east Through Podolia And Kherson, To Enter, At Nikolayev, The Liman Or Lagoon Into Which The Dnieper Also Discharges. Its Upper Part Is ...
Buggy
Buggy, A Vehicle With Either Two (in England And India) Or Four Wheels (in America). English Buggies Are Generally Hooded And For One Horse. American Buggies Are For One Horse Or Two, And Either Covered With A Hood Or Open ; Among The Varieties Are The "goddard" (the Name Of ...
Bugis
Bugis, A Semi-civilized Muslim Tribe, Inhabiting The South Of Celebes, Of Malayan Stock, Noted For Their Enterprise As Pirates, Traders And Voyagers. They Are Particularly Liable To The Homicidal Mania Known As "running Amok." They Have Formed Settlements In Borneo, In The Philippines And Elsewhere And Do A Large Trade ...
Bugle
Bugle, A Treble Brass Wind Instrument With Cup-shaped Mouthpiece And Conical Bore. Those Members Of The Brass Wind Such As The Horn, Bugle, Trumpet And Tuba, Which, In Their Simplest Form, Consist Of Tubes Without Lateral Openings, Depend For Their Scale On The Harmonic Series Obtained By Overblowing, I.e., By ...
Bugti
Bugti, A Baloch Tribe Of Rind (arab) Origin, Numbering About 20,000, Who Occupy The Hills To The East Of The Sind-peshin Railway, Between Jacobabad And Sibi, With The Marris (a Cognate Tribe) To The North Of Them. ...
Bug_2
Bug, The Common Name For Insects Of The Suborder Heter Optera Of The Order Hemiptera (q.v.), Also Used In North America For Almost Any Kind Of Insect; E.g., Lady-bug (ladybird), June-bug (cockchafer). In A More Restricted Sense It Is Applied To Mem Bers Of The Hemipterous Family Cimicidae Of Which ...
Buhl Work
Buhl Work, The Process Of Inlaying Different Kinds Of Metal Into Tortoise-shell, Or A Composition Which Passes For Tortoise-shell, Or Sometimes Wood. The Metal Used Is Generally Brass Or Silver, Both Of Which Lend Themselves To Engraving. The Inventor Of This Process Was Andre Boulle (q.v.), But "buhl," Named After ...
Buhturi
Buhturi [al-walid Ibn `ubaid Allah] (82o-897), Arabian Poet, Was Born At Manbij (hierapolis) In Syria, Between Aleppo And The Euphrates. Like Abu Tammam, He Was Of The Tribe Of Tai. Although Long Resident In Baghdad He Devoted Much Of His Poetry To The Praise Of Aleppo, And Much Of His ...
Builders Rites
Builders' Rites. The View That The Custom Of Placing Within A Cavity Beneath A Foundation Stone A Few Coins Of The Realm, Newspapers, Etc., Ensured That Particulars Might Be Found Of The Event On The Removal Of The Stone Hereafter, May Suffice As Respects Latter-day Motives. But Such Memorials Are ...
Building Administration
Building Administration The Builder.—the Builder Is The Person Chiefly Concerned In The Submission Of A Tender For The Erection Of A Building. The Term Builder, Though In Common Use, Has Not A Very Exact Con Notation, And In This It Differs From The Term Architect, Which May Be Strictly Defined ...
Building Societies
Building Societies. The Name "building Society," Once Entirely Descriptive, Has Become Almost A Misnomer As The Functions Undertaken By These Societies Have Developed And Become Modified. A Few Unincorporated Societies May Still Build Houses, Finance Building Operations, Or Acquire Property, But The Great Incorporated Societies Do Not Any Longer Undertake ...
Building
Building. A Building Is That Which Is Built ; And The Term Is Also Used To Cover The Practical Activities Necessary For The Erection And Maintenance Of Structures, Built Where They Are To Stand, For The Shelter Or Use Of Human Beings. Developments In Building Up To Recent Times.—the Genesis ...
Builth Or Builth Wells
Builth Or Builth Wells, Market Town, Brecknock Shire, Wales. Population Urban District (1931) 1,663. The Town Is At The Focus Of The Irf On, Ithon And Wye Valleys In A Small Plain Beneath High Hills, And As Such The Region Has A Marked Indi Viduality, Already Noticed By Nennius. Under ...
Buitenzorg
Buitenzorg, A Garden And Experiment Hill Station, In The Residency Of The Same Name, Dutch East Indies, Area, 37,412 Sq.km., Bounded On The North By Batavia, West By Bantam, South By West Preanger And East By Krawang. Buitenzorg Is Beauti Fully Situated South Of Batavia, 86oft. Above Sea-level, With A ...
Bukhara Bokhara I
Bukhara (bokhara). (i) Town And Province In The Uzbek Socialist Soviet Republic. The Town, Old Bukhara, Lat. N., Long. 64° 3o' E. Alt. 1,200ft. Pop. (1926) 71,019. It Is The Centre Of The Fertile Oasis Depending On Irrigation From The Zerafshan River; The Canal Supplying Bukhara Is The Shahri Rud. ...
Bukhari
Bukhari (mohammed Ibn Isms `il Al-bukhari) (810-872), Arabic Author Of The Most Generally Accepted Collection Of Tradi Tions (jiadith) From Mohammed, Was Born At Bokhara (bukhara), Of An Iranian Family, In A.h. 194 (a.d. 81o). Already, In His Eighteenth Year, He Had Devoted Himself To The Collecting, Sifting, Testing And ...
Bukovina
Bukovina, A Small Province Of Rumania Situated At The Junction Of The Polish, Czechoslovak And Rumanian Frontiers At The Northernmost Point Of Rumania. It Also Adjoins Bessarabia And So Is Near The Russian Frontier. Until 1918 It Was A Crown Land Of Austria Which It Had Become In 1849. Originally ...
Bulacan
Bulacan, A Municipality (with 16 Barrios Or Districts), Of The Province Of Bulacan, Luzon, Philippine Islands, On An Arm Of The Pampanga Delta, 22m. N.n.w. Of Manila, With Which It Has Railway Connection. Pop. (1918), 10,423, Of Whom 5,013 Were Males And Two Whites. Sugar, Rice And Tropical Fruits Are ...
Bulandshahr
Bulandshahr, A Town And District Of British India In The Meerut Division Of The United Provinces. The Town Is On A Height On The Right Bank Of The Kali-nadi, Whence Its Name Bu Landshahr (high Town). The Population In 1931 Was 24,898. The District Of Bulandshahr Has An Area Of ...
Bulawayo
Bulawayo, Chief Town Of Matabeleland, The Western Dis Trict Of Southern Rhodesia; 2o° 11' S., 28° 41' E.; 4,46oft. Above Sea-level. Distance By Rail From Cape Town, 1,360m., From Dur Ban, 1,162m., From Beira, 676m. The Climate Is Fairly Healthy, Though High Temperatures Are Common, Especially In October And November, ...
Bulb
Bulb, The Name Applied To The Structure Formed By Many Plants From A Bud, The Outer Leaves Of Which Are Thick And Fleshy By Reason Of The Reserve Food-products With Which They Are Crowded. This Enables The Plant To Tide Over An Unfavourable Period, Such As A Cold Or Dry ...
Bulbul
Bulbul, The Persian Nightingale (q.v.) ; The Name Is Also Used To Denote Birds Of The Passerine Family Pycnonotidae Oc Curring In Africa And Southern Asia. The Common Bulbul Of India (molpastes Fuscus) Is A Familiar Bird In That Country, Feeding On Fruits And Seeds And Often Nesting On Verandas. ...
Buldana
Buldana, A Town And District Of India, In Berar. Pop. Of Town 7,504. It Was Selected On Account Of Its Elevation And Cooler Climate To Be The Headquarters Of The District, But Is Other Wise Quite Unimportant. The Northern Plain In The Valley Of The Purna Is A Very Rich ...
Buldur Or Burdur
Buldur Or Burdur, Chief Town Of A Vilayet In Turkey. It Is Called By The Christians Polydorion. Its Altitude Is 3,15oft. And It Is Situated In The Midst Of Gardens, About 2m. From The Brackish Lake, Buldur Geul (anc. Ascania Limne). Linen-weaving And Leather-tanning Are The Principal Industries. There Is ...
Bulgaria
Bulgaria, A Balkan Kingdom Of Roughly Rectangular Shape, Lying To The East Of The Peninsula, With A Total Area Of About 40,00osq.m. And A Population Of 6 Millions. The South And West Frontiers Run Through Hilly Country, Separating It From European Turkey And Greece On The One Hand And Yugoslavia ...
Bulgarian Literature
Bulgarian Literature. Literature, In The Sense Of Free Artistic Creation, Dates In Bulgaria From The Second Half Of The 19th Century. During The First Half Of The 19th Century And Part Of The Second Half, A Considerable Number Of Writers And Pub Licists Devoted Their Lives And Their Works To ...
Bulgarus
Bulgarus, An Italian Jurist Of The I 2th Century, Born At Bologna. He Was Sometimes Erroneously Called Bulgarinus, Which Was Properly The Name Of A Jurist Of The I 5th Century. He Was The Most Celebrated Of The Famous "four Doctors" Of The Law School Of The University Of Bologna, ...
Bull Fighting
Bull-fighting, The National Spanish Sport. The Span Ish Name Is Tauromaquia (gr. Ravpos, Bull, And ,uaxib Combat). Combats With Bulls Were Common In Ancient Thessaly As Well As In The Amphitheatres Of Imperial Rome, But Probably Partook More Of The Nature Of Worrying Than Fighting, Like The Bull Baiting Formerly ...
Bull I
Bull. (i) The Male Of Animals Belonging To The Section Bovina Of The Family Bovidae (q.v.), Particularly The Uncastrated Male Of The Domestic Ox. (see Cattle.) The Word Is Also Used Of The Males Of Other Large Animals Such As The Elephant, Whale, Etc. The O.e. Diminutive Form Bulluc, A ...
Bull Moose
Bull Moose, The Symbol Of The Progressive Party In The American Presidential Election Of 1912. The Bull Moose Is The Male Of The Large, Ungainly Branch Of The Deer Family Inhabiting Forested Parts Of Canada And North-eastern United States. It Is Closely Allied To The European Elk, Standing Over Seven ...
Bull Run
Bull Run, A Small River In Virginia, U.s.a., Which Gave The Name To Two Famous Battles In The American Civil War. (i) The First Battle Of Bull Run (called By The Confederates Manassas) Was Fought On July 21, 1861, Between The Union Forces Under Mcdowell And The Confederates Under Gens. ...
Bulla Regia
Bulla Regia, Ancient City Of Numidia, Near Modern Souk-el-arba, On The Railway Between Tunis And The Algerian Frontier. It Was Formerly The Residence Of The Kings Of Numidia. Under The Roman Empire It Was On The Road From Carthage To Hippo Regius, And Received Benefits From Various Emperors, No Tably ...
Bullet
Bullet (fr. Boulet, Diminutive Of Boule, Ball). The Original Meaning (a "small Ball") Has, Since The End Of The I6th Century, Been Narrowed Down To The Special Case Of The Projectile Used With Small Arms Of All Kinds, Irrespective Of Its Size Or Shape. (for De Tails See Ammunition; Small ...
Bullfinch
Bullfinch, A Finch Of The Genus Pyrrhula, Especially The Common European (pyrrhula Pyrrhula), Bluish-grey And Black Above, And Generally Of A Bright Tile-red Beneath, The Female Having Its Underparts Chocolate-brown. It Is A Shy Bird And Frequents Well Wooded Districts. In May It Builds A Shallow Nest Of Twigs Lined ...
Bullfrog
Bullfrog (rana Catesbiana), The Largest Frog (q.v.) Of North America, Where It Ranges From Mexico To Canada, Being Absent, However, From The West Of The Continent. In Full Grown Specimens The Body, Which Is Green Or Greenish-brown Above And White Beneath, Attains A Length Of 8in., And The Spotted Or ...
Bulli
Bulli, One Of A Number Of Small Coal-mining Towns Of The Illawarra District, New South Wales, Australia. It Is Situated Some 40 M. S. Of Sidney On A Narrow Coastal Platform At The Base Of The Abrupt Scarp Of The Illawarra Coast "range" (plateau) Across Which A Road Leads Through ...
Bullion
Bullion, The Name Given To Gold And Silver Considered Solely As Merchandise. When Coin And Specie Are Treated As Bullion It Is Their Weight And Fineness Which Are Reckoned, Not Their Face Value. Bullion Thus Means The Gold And Silver Of The Mines Brought To A Standard Of Purity. The ...
Bullroarer
Bullroarer, The English Name For An Instrument Made Of A Small Flat Slip Of Wood, Through A Hole In One End Of Which A String Is Passed; Swung Round Rapidly It Makes A Booming, Hum Ming Noise. Though Treated As A Toy By Europeans, The Bullroarer Has The Highest Mystic ...
Bully
Bully, Originally A Fine, Swaggering Fellow, As In "bully Bottom" In A Midsummer Night's Dream; Later An Overbearing Ruffian, Especially A Coward Who Abuses His Strength By Ill-treating The Weak; More Technically A Souteneur, A Man Who Lives On The Earnings Of A Prostitute. The Term In Its Early Use ...
Bulom
Bulom, A People Similar To The Timne, Whose Language Is More Nearly Related To That Of The Krim And The Kissi, Living In The District Between Freetown And Sherbro In Sierra Leone. ...
Bulrush
Bulrush, A Name Given In England To Typha Latifolia, The Reed-mace Or Club-rush, A Plant Growing In Lakes, By Edges Of Rivers And Similar Localities, With A Creeping Underground Stem, Narrow, Nearly Flat Leaves, 3 To 6f T. Long, Arranged In Opposite Rows, And A Tall Stem Ending In A ...
Bulwark
Bulwark, A Barricade Of Beams, Earth, Etc. (possibly From Bole, A Tree-trunk, And Werk, Work; Ger. Bollwerk), A Work In 15th And Century Fortifications Designed To Mount Artillery (see Boulevard). The Term Is Used Of The Woodwork Running Round The Ship Above The Level Of The Deck. Figuratively It Means ...
Bumblebee Or Bumblebee
Bumblebee Or Bumblebee, The Common Name For Bees (q.v.), Of The Genus Bombus, Which Have A Thick Hairy Body, Often Banded With Bright Colours. There Are Numerous Species, Found Generally Throughout The World Except The Australian Region, Where, However, They Have Been Introduced As Their Presence Is Necessary To Fertilize ...
Bumboat
Bumboat, A Small Boat Which Carries Vegetables, Provi Sions, Etc., To Ships Lying In Port Or Off The Shore. The Word Is Probably Connected With The Dutch Bumboat Or Boomboot, A Broad Dutch Fishing-boat, The Derivation Of Which Is Either From Boom, Cf. Ger. Baum, A Tree, Or From Bon, ...
Bun
Bun, A Small Cake, Usually Sweet And Round. In Scotland The Word Is Used For A Very Rich Spiced Type Of Cake And In The North Of Ireland For A Round Loaf Of Ordinary Bread. The Derivation Of The Word Has Been Much Disputed. Like The Greeks, The Romans Ate ...
Bunbury
Bunbury, Seaport And Municipal Town (pop. 1931, Situated On The South-west Coast Of Western Australia 90 M. S. Of Fremantle And 115 M. (by Rail) From Perth. The Climate Is Equable And Bracing (mean Ann. Temp.: 68°-54° F; Ay. Ann. Rainfall: About 38 In., Mainly In Winter). The Bay (koombana) ...
Buncombe Or Bunkum
Buncombe Or Bunkum (from Buncombe County, N.c., U.s.a.), A Term Used For Insincere Political Action Or Speaking To Gain Support Or The Favour Of A Constituency, And So Any Humbug Or Clap-trap. The Phrase "to Talk For (or To) Buncombe" Arose In 182o, During The Debate On The Missouri Compromise ...
Buncrana
Buncrana, Market Town And Urban District Of Co. Done Gal, Ireland, On The Londonderry And Lough Swilly Railway. Pop. (1926), 2,309. There Is A Trade In Agricultural Produce, A Salmon Fishery, Sea Fisheries And A Manufacture Of Linen. The Town Is Flanked On The East And South By Hills Exceeding ...
Bundaberg
Bundaberg, A Municipal Town And River Port Of Cook County, Queensland, Australia, In M. From The Mouth Of The River Burnett. Pop. (1931), 11,466. It Lies On Both Sides Of The River, And Connection Between The Two Ports Is Maintained By Road And Railway Bridges. There Are Saw-mills, Breweries, Brickfields ...
Bundelkhand
Bundelkhand, A Tract Of Country In Central India, Lying Between The United And The Central Provinces. Historically It Includes The British Districts Of Hamirpur, Jalaun, Jhansi And Banda, Which Now Compose The Jhansi Division Of The United Provinces, But Politically It Is Restricted To A Collection Of Indian States, Under ...
Bundi
Bundi, An Indian State In The Rajputana Agency, Lying On The North-east Of The River Chambal, In A Hilly Tract Historically Known As Haraoti. It Has An Area Of 2,220 Sq. Miles. Many Parts Of The State Are Wild And Hilly, Inhabited By A Large Mina Popu Lation, Formerly Notorious ...
Buner
Buner, A Valley On The Peshawar Border Of The North-west Frontier Province Of India. It Is A Small Mountain Valley, Dotted With Villages And Divided Into Seven Sub-divisions. The Mora Hills And The Ilam Range Divide It From Swat, The Sinawar Range From Yusafzai, The Guru Mountains From The Chamla ...
Bungalow
Bungalow, The Anglo-indian Form Of The Vernacular Name Of The Typical One-storied House Lived In By Europeans In India. It Is Now Generally Used For Houses Of One Story, Or Of Low Design Giving This Effect. A Dak Bungalow Is A Rest House Pro Vided In India By The Public ...
Bungay
Bungay, Urban District Of East Suffolk, England; 113m. N.e. Of London On A Branch Of The L.n.e.r. From Beccles. Pop. 3,098. It Is Placed In A Deep Bend Of The River Waveney, The Boundary With Norfolk. The Parish Church Of St. Mary Has A Fine Perpendicular Tower, And That Of ...
Bunion
Bunion, An Inflamed Swelling Of The Sac Containing Synovial Fluid On The Metatarsal Joint Of The Big Toe, Or, More Rarely, Of The Little Toe. This May Be Accompanied By Corns Or Suppuration. The Cause Is Prolonged Compression Of The Toes In A Narrow And Pointed Boot So That The ...
Bunker Hill
Bunker Hill, The Name Of A Small Hill In Charlestown, Boston (mass.), U.s.a., Famous As The Scene Of The First Con Siderable Engagement June In The American Revolution (q.v.). Bunker Hill (i'oft.) Was Connected By A Ridge With Breed's Hill ,(75ft.), Both Being On A Narrow Peninsula A Short Distance ...
Bunkering Of Ships
Bunkering Of Ships. Coal Bunkering Has Naturally Been In Use Ever Since Steamships Came Into Existence. In The Early Days It Was Performed By Hand, Which Was An Extremely Slow Process. It Is No Uncommon Sight To See, Even To-day, Gangs Of From So To I 5o Men And Women, ...
Bunkering On The Open
Bunkering On The Open Sea This Was Formerly Much Practised By The Navies Of Different Nations, But Has Now Been Almost Entirely Superseded By Oil-fuel Bunkering In Port. The Method Is Very Complex, And It Is Not Necessary To Describe It In Detail Here : It Is Similar To That ...
Bunsen Burner
Bunsen Burner, A Burner So Designed That It Mixes A Predetermined Quantity Of Air With The Stream Of Gas Before It Is Ignited. If The Proportions Of Gas And Air Are Correct The Result Ing Flame Is Hot And Non-luminous. The Invention Of This Widely Used Burner Is Ascribed To ...
Bunting
Bunting, The Common English Name Of The Bird Emberiza Miliaria, A Member Of The Family Fringillidae And Distinguished By The Angular Gape, Bony Knob On The Palate And Hairlike Streaks On The Eggs. The Corn Bunting (e. Miliaria) Inhabits Europe And Most Of Asia, Nesting On The Ground And Forming ...
Bunzlau
Bunzlau, A Town Of Germany, In Prussian Silesia, On The Right Bank Of The Bober, A Tributary Of The Oder, 27m. W. Of Liegnitz. Pop. (193o) 19,561. Bunzlau (boleslavia) Received Its Name In The 12th Century From Duke Boleslav, Who Separated It From The Duchy Of Glogau. Its Importance Was ...
Buoy
Buoy, A Floating Body Employed To Mark The Navigable Lim Its Of Channels, Their Fairways, Sunken Dangers Or Isolated Rocks, Mined Or Torpedo Grounds, Telegraph Cables, Or The Position Of A Ship's Moorings When They Have Been Slipped ; Buoys Also Serve For A Vessel To Make Fast To Instead ...
Bupalus
Bupalus And Athenis, Sons Of Archermus, And Mem Bers Of The School Of Sculpture In Marble Which Flourished In Chios In The 6th Century B.c. They Were Contemporaries Of The Poet Hipponax (about 54o B.e.) . Their Works Consisted Almost Entirely Of Draped Female Figures, Artemis, Fortune, The Graces. Augustus ...
Buphonia
Buphonia, In Greek Antiquities, A Sacrificial Ceremony, Forming Part Of The Diipolia Or Diipoleia, A Religious Festival Held On The 14th Of The Month Skirophorion (june-july) At Athens, When A Labouring Ox Was Sacrificed To Zeus Polieus As Protector Of The City. A Number Of Oxen Were Driven To His ...
Bur Or Burr
Bur Or Burr, A Prickly Fruit Or Head Of Fruits, As Of The Burdock. Also A Woody Outgrowth On The Trunk Of A Tree, The Effect Of A Crowded Bud-development. ...
Burauen
Burauen, A Municipality (with Administration Centre And 3o Barrios Or Districts) Of The Province And Island Of Leyte, Philippine Islands, On The Dagitan River, 21m. S. By W. Of Taclo Ban, The Provincial Capital. Pop. (1918), 25,647, Of Whom 13,442 Were Males And 8 Whites. The Municipality Is Located In ...
Burbank
Burbank, A City Of Los Angeles County, California, U.s.a., In The San Fernando Valley, I R M. North-west Of Los Angeles. It Is Served By The Southern Pacific Railway. Natural Gas And Crude Oil Come In Pipe Lines From The Bakersfield District. There Are Nu Merous And Varied Industries, Including ...
Burbot Or
Burbot Or (lots Iota), The Only Freshwater Fish Of The Cod Family. It Is Elongate, With Long Dorsal And Anal Fins Meeting The Rounded Caudal ; The Head Is Broad And Flat, The Mouth Wide; The Body Is Spotted Or Marbled With Brown Or Black. It Inhabits Europe, Siberia, Alaska ...
Burden Or Burthen
Burden Or Burthen. (1) A Load, Both Literally And Figur Atively (a.s. Byrthen, From Beran, To Bear) ; The Carrying Capacity Of A Ship; In Mining And Smelting, The Tops Or Heads Of Stream Work Which Lie Over The Stream Of Tin, And The Proportion Of Ore And Flux To ...
Burdwan
Burdwan, A Town Of British India, In Bengal, Which Gives Its Name To A District And To A Division. Pop. The Town Includes Numerous Villages Scattered Over An Area Of 9sq.m., And Is Mainly Rural In Character. The Principal Objects Of Interest Are The Burdwan Raj Palace And Gardens; And ...
Bureau Veritas
Bureau Veritas : See Shipping : Registration, Classi Fication And State Regulation. ...
Bureau
Bureau, A Writing-table Or Desk (from Fr. Burel Or Bureau, A Coarse Cloth) . From The Meaning Of "desk," The Word Is Applied To An Office Or Place Of Business, And Particularly A Government De Partment ; In The United States The Term Is Used Of Certain Subdi Visions Of ...
Burford
Burford, Market Town, Oxfordshire, England. Along The Ridge Flanking The Valley Of The Windrush On The South As It Leaves The Cotswolds And Enters The Oxford Basin Runs The Oxford-chel Tenham Road, Whence The Main Street Of Burford Slopes Down To The River. Population (1921) 987. A Synod At Burford ...
Burg
Burg, A Town Of Germany, In Prussian Saxony, 14m. N.e. Of Magdeburg. Pop. (1930) 24,785. It Belonged Originally To The Lordship Of Querfurt, Passed With This To The Archbishops Of Magdeburg In 1496, And Was Ceded In 1635 With Other Portions Of The Magdeburg Territories To Saxony; In 1687 It ...
Burgage
Burgage, A Form Of Tenure, Both In England And Scotland, Applicable To The Property Connected With The Old Municipal Cor Porations And Their Privileges. In England, It Was A Tenure Whereby Houses Or Tenements In An Ancient Borough Were Held Of The King Or Other Person As Lord At A ...
Burgas
Burgas, The Mediaeval Pyrgos, A Seaport And The Capital Of Burgas Department, S.e. Bulgaria. Pop. (1934), 36,099. Burgas Lies On An Inlet Of The Black Sea, On A Low Fore-land, Between The Lagoons Of Ludzha On The North And Kara-yunus On The West. It Faces Open Sea On The East, ...
Burgdorf
Burgdorf, An Industrial Town In The Swiss Canton Of Berne, On The Left Bank Of The Emme, 14m. N.e. Of Berne. (fr. Berthoud). The Lower (or Modern) Town Is Connected By A Spiral Street With The Old Town, Picturesquely Perched On A Hill (1,942ft. Above Sea-level Or 167ft. Above The ...
Burgenland
Burgenland, A Province Of Austria (q.v.) That By Rea Son Of Its Situation Has Experienced A Very Disturbed History Which Is Reflected In The Speech Of Its Modern Population (german, 241,326; Croat, 40,500; Magyar, 10,442; Others, 7,179). The Foundations Of Its Settlement Are Embedded In The Early Culture Of The ...
Burgess
Burgess, A Term, In Its Earliest Sense, Meaning An Inhabit Ant Of -a Borough, One Who Occupied A Tenement Therein, Such Tenement, Unlike The County Freeholds, Being Devisable By Will And Constituting "burgage-tenure," But Now Applied Solely To A Registered Parliamentary, Or More Strictly, Municipal Voter. In Some Of The ...
Burglary
Burglary, At Common Law, The Offence Of Breaking And Entering The Dwelling-house Of Another In The Night-time With Intent To Commit A Felony. The Offence And Its Punishment Are Regulated In England By The Larceny Act 1916. That Statute By S. 25 Provides That : "every Person Who In The ...
Burgonet Or Burganet
Burgonet Or Burganet (from Fr. Bourguignote, Burgundian Helmet), A Form Of Light Helmet Or Head-piece, Which Was In Vogue In The And 17th Centuries. (see Helmet.) ...
Burgos
Burgos, A Province Of Northern Spain Which Includes The Enclave Of Trevino In The Province Of Alava. Pop. (193o) 355,299; Area 5,484sq.m. The Province Extends From The Main Cantabrian Watershed, Beyond The Ebro, In The North, To South Of The River Douro. In The East It Marches With Logrono And ...
Burgos_2
Burgos, The Capital Formerly Of Old Castile, And Since Of The Spanish Province Of Burgos. Pop. (193o) 40,061. Burgos Occupies A Site Of Great Strategical Importance, Commanding Both The Natural Route From The Ebro To The Plateau Of Old Castile By The Pancorbo Defile, Now Followed By The Main Road ...
Burgrave
Burgrave, The Eng. Form, Derived Through French, Of The Ger. Burggraf And Flem. Burg Or Burch-graeve, I.e., Count Of A Castle Or Fortified Town. The Title Corresponds Generally To That Of Castellan Or Chdtelain (q.v.). ...
Burgstadt
Burgstadt, A Town In The South Of The District Of Leip Zig In The Land Of Saxony, 8m. N.w. Of Chemnitz. Pop. (1933) 9,728. Manufactures Include Gloves, Hosiery, Knitted Goods, Card Board And Embroidery. ...
Burgundio
Burgundio, Sometimes Erroneously Styled Burgundius, An Italian Jurist Of The 12th Century. He Was A Professor At The University Of Paris, And Assisted At The Lateran Council In '179, Dying At A Very Advanced Age In 1194. He Was A Distinguished Greek Scholar, And Is Believed On The Authority Of ...
Burgundy Wines
Burgundy Wines. Burgundy Is The Name Given To The Red And White Wines Made Within The Limits Of The "departements" Of The Cote D'or, The Saone Et Loire And The Yonne, Which Were Previous To 1789 Within The Province Of Burgundy, In France. The Name Burgundy Is Not A Generic ...
Burgundy
Burgundy. The Name Of Burgundy Has Denoted Very Diverse Political And Geographical Areas At Different Periods Of His Tory And As Used By Different Writers. The Name Is Derived From The Burgundians, A People Of Germanic Origin, Who At First Settled Between The Oder And The Vistula. In Consequence Of ...
Burhanpur
Burhanpur, A Town Of British India On The G.i.p. Railway, In The Nimar District Of The Central Provinces, Situated On The North Bank Of The River Tapti, 310 M. N.e. Of Bombay. It Was Founded In A.d. 1400 By A Mohammedan Prince Of The Farukhi Dynasty Of Khandesh. His Successors ...
Buri Or Bure
Buri Or Bure, In Norse Mythology, Was Born From The Rocks, Licked By The Cow Andhumla (darkness). He Was The Father Of Bor, Who Became The Father Of Odin. ...
Burial Society
Burial Society, A Form Of Friendly Society, Existing Mainly In England, And Constituted For The Purpose Of Providing By Voluntary Subscriptions, For Insuring Money To Be Paid On The Death Of A Member, Or For The Funeral Expenses Of The Husband, Wife Or Child Of A Member, Or Of The ...
Burial
Burial, Depositing (a Body) In The Earth. Every One In England, Whether A Parishioner Or Not, Has The Right To Be Buried In The Burial Ground Of The Parish Where He Dies, Except Exe Cuted Felons, Who Must Be Buried In The Prison Or In A Place Appointed By The ...
Buriat Mongol Republic
Buriat Mongol Republic, An Autonomous So Cialist Soviet Republic In Asiatic Russia, Created As A Region In Jan. 1922, And As A Republic In Sept. 1923. Area 419,000sq.km. Pop. (1926) 522,093; Urban 36,523, Rural 485,570. The Republic Consists Of Detached Parts Related To The Life Of The Buriat Herds Men ...
Buriats
Buriats. The Buriats Are A Mongol Tribe, And Are Said To Be An Offshoot Of The Khalkha Mongols. Their Centre Of Dis Persion To-day Is Transbaikalia, But They Are Confirmed Wanderers And Are To Be Found From The Amur River To Lhasa. Some Of The Buriats Practise Agriculture, But Their ...
Burin
Burin. The Term "burin" Or Graving Tool (fr.) Is Applied To A Flint Tool Of The Upper Palaeolithic—aurignacian—period. It Is Marked By A Facet Produced By A Blow From The Working Point Lengthwise As Is Proved In Genuine Cases By Small Negative Bulbs Of Percussion. In One Variety Of The ...
Burkburnett
Burkburnett, A City Of Wichita County (texas), U.s.a., In The Fertile Valley Of The Red River, Within Two M. Of The Oklahoma Border. It Is Served By The Missouri-kansas-texas Railway. Two M. East Is A Free Highway Bridge Of Concrete And Steel, Built Jointly (1927) By The Two States And ...
Burke And Pitt
Burke And Pitt Fox Still Held To His Old Opinions As Stoutly As He Could, And Condemned And Opposed The War Which England Had Declared Against The French Republic. Burke, Who Was Profoundly Inca Pable Of The Meanness Of Letting Personal Estrangement Blind His Eyes To What Was Best For ...
Burke Burgh Bourke
Burgh (bourke, Burke), The Name Of An Historic Irish House, Associated With Connaught For More Than Seven Centuries. It Was Founded By William De Burgh, Brother Of Hubert De Burgh (q.v.). Before The Death Of Henry Ii. (1189) He Received A Grant Of Lands From John As Lord Of Ireland. ...