Definition of Buke
Burke (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Burked (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n.
Burking.] [From one Burke of Edinburgh, who committed the
crime in 1829.] 1. To murder by suffocation, or so as
to produce few marks of violence, for the purpose of obtaining a body to be
sold for dissection.
2. To dispose of quietly or indirectly; to
suppress; to smother; to shelve; as, to burke a parliamentary
question.
The court could not burke an inquiry, supported by
such a mass of a affidavits.
C. Reade.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- To murder by suffocation, or as to produce few marks of violence, for the purpose of obtaining a body to be sold for dissection.
- (British slang) Variant spelling of berk.
Burke- One of various places located in the United States. (See Burke in Wikipedia)
- an English surname
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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