Definition of burgh

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Burgh (n.) A borough or incorporated town, especially, one in Scotland. See Borough..

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Burghmaster :: Burghmaster (n.) A burgomaster.
Burghermaster :: Burghermaster (n.) See Burgomaster.
Burgess :: Burgess (n.) An inhabitant of a Scotch burgh qualified to vote for municipal officers.
Auld :: Auld (a.) Old; as, Auld Reekie (old smoky), i. e., Edinburgh..
Burgh :: Burgh (n.) A borough or incorporated town, especially, one in Scotland. See Borough..
Antiburgher :: Antiburgher (n.) One who seceded from the Burghers (1747), deeming it improper to take the Burgess oath..
Tollbooth :: Tollbooth (n.) In Scotland, a burgh jail; hence, any prison, especially a town jail..
Burghmaster :: Burghmaster (n.) An officer who directs and lays out the meres or boundaries for the workmen; -- called also bailiff, and barmaster..
Lussheburgh :: Lussheburgh (n.) A spurious coin of light weight imported into England from Luxemburg, or Lussheburgh, as it was formerly called..
Gardyloo :: Gardyloo (n.) An old cry in throwing water, slops, etc., from the windows in Edingburgh..
Lushburg :: Lushburg (n.) See Lussheburgh.
Burghbote :: Burghbote (n.) A contribution toward the building or repairing of castles or walls for the defense of a city or town.
Roxburgh :: Roxburgh (n.) A style of bookbinding in which the back is plain leather, the sides paper or cloth, the top gilt-edged, but the front and bottom left uncut..
Burghmote :: Burghmote (n.) A court or meeting of a burgh or borough; a borough court held three times yearly.
Burgomaster :: Burgomaster (n.) A chief magistrate of a municipal town in Holland, Flanders, and Germany, corresponding to mayor in England and the United States; a burghmaster..
Burghbrech :: Burghbrech (n.) The offense of violating the pledge given by every inhabitant of a tithing to keep the peace; breach of the peace.
Burgher :: Burgher (n.) A freeman of a burgh or borough, entitled to enjoy the privileges of the place; any inhabitant of a borough..
Burghership :: Burghership (n.) The state or privileges of a burgher.
Provost :: Provost (n.) A person who is appointed to superintend, or preside over, something; the chief magistrate in some cities and towns; as, the provost of Edinburgh or of Glasgow, answering to the mayor of other cities; the provost of a college, answering to president; the provost or head of certain collegiate churches..
Splanchnapophyses :: Spitzenburgh (n.) A kind of red and yellow apple, of medium size and spicy flavor. It originated at Newtown, on Long Island..
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