Burken.

Brit.

/bəːk/, U.S.

/bərk/

Etymology: < the name of John Burke (1787–1848), compiler of the first edition of the work, issued in 1826.

colloquial.

A designation of: ‘A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the United Kingdom’. Also transferred.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > lord or lady > [noun] > peer or lord of parliament > book containing list of

peerage1766

peerage book1843

Burke1848

1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair li. 451 Her ladyship is of the Kingstreet family, see Debrett and Burke.

1901 F. H. Burnett Making of Marchioness i. iii. 41 ‘If we were not in Debrett and Burke, one might be reserved about such matters,’ poor Lady Claraway wrote.

1966 D. Francis Flying Finish i. 7 Bastard I was not: not with parents joined by bishop with half Debrett and Burke in the pews.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

burkev.

Brit.

/bəːk/, U.S.

/bərk/

Etymology: < Burke, the name of a notorious criminal executed at Edinburgh in 1829, for smothering many persons in order to sell their bodies for dissection.

1. transitive. To murder, in the same manner or for the same purpose as Burke did; to kill secretly by suffocation or strangulation, or for the purpose of selling the victim's body for dissection.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > killing > killing for specific reason > kill for specific reason [verb (transitive)] > to obtain body

burke1829

1829 Times 2 Feb. 3/5 As soon as the executioner proceeded to his duty, the cries of ‘Burke him, Burke him—give him no rope’..were vociferated..‘Burke Hare too!’

1830 C. Lamb in Olio 4 251 Positively Burking you, under pretence of cleansing.

1833 T. Hook Parson's Daughter II. i. 26 Perhaps he is Burked, and his body sold for nine pounds.

1840 R. H. Barham Tragedy in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 287 The rest of the rascals jump'd on him and Burk'd him.

2. figurative. To smother, ‘hush up’, suppress quietly. Also, to evade, to shirk, to avoid.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > crush, stifle, or overwhelm (feelings, etc.)

shendOE

whelvec1000

allayOE

ofdrunkenc1175

quenchc1175

quashc1275

stanchc1315

quella1325

slockena1340

drenchc1374

vanquishc1380

stuffa1387

daunt?a1400

adauntc1400

to put downa1425

overwhelmc1425

overwhelvec1450

quatc1450

slockc1485

suppressa1500

suffocate1526

quealc1530

to trample under foot1530

repress1532

quail1533

suppress1537

infringe1543

revocate1547

whelm1553

queasom1561

knetcha1564

squench1577

restinguish1579

to keep down1581

trample1583

repel1592

accable1602

crush1610

to wrestle down?1611

chokea1616

stranglea1616

stifle1621

smother1632

overpower1646

resuppress1654

strangulate1665

instranglea1670

to choke back, down, in, out1690

to nip or crush in the bud1746

spiflicate1749

squasha1777

to get under1799

burke1835

to stamp out1851

to trample down1853

quelch1864

to sit upon ——1864

squelch1864

smash1865

garrotte1878

scotch1888

douse1916

to drive under1920

stomp1936

stultify1958

the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from (action) [verb (transitive)] > avoid or shun > a problem or difficulty

hipc1440

illude1553

to give (a person or thing) the go-by1654

slink1658

jump1844

sidestep1899

burke1921

duck1928

bypass1941

1835 J. A. Roebuck Dorchester Labourers 6/1 (note) The reporters left it out... Those who spoke in favour of the poor men, were what the reporters call burked.

1840 T. Hood Up Rhine (ed. 2) Pref. p. vi The Age of Chivalry is Burked by Time.

1848 Ld. G. Bentinck in Croker Papers (1884) III. xxv. 165 [Disraeli's] last speech, altogether burked in the Times, but pretty well given in the ‘Post’.

1860 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem (1861) III. cxxxviii. 111 Permitting a minister to burke the parliamentary conscience.

1880 Oracle & Corr. No. 55 A book suppressed before issue is popularly said to have been burked.

1921 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 3 Apr. 32/1 He had before him a clear issue—and he burked it.

1931 Economist 4 July 25/1 The problem, as it concerns the investor, of the holding company and its accounts is one which it is not wise to burke.

1953 R. Graves Poems 4 Socrates and Plato burked the issue.

Derivatives

ˈburker n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > killing > killer for specific reason or type of person > [noun] > to obtain (part of) body

skull-hunter1706

headhunter1800

Burkite1830

burker1831

headshrinker1921

1831 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 44 314 We can tell them that there are travelling Burkers in the land.

ˈburkism n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > killing > killing for specific reason > [noun] > to obtain (part of) body

headhunting1817

burkism1829

burking1831

medicine murder1952

1829 Westm. Rev. July 163 If the surgeon himself, who may be suspected of Burkism, writes an admirable Treatise of Morbid Anatomy, we will hold him a Bailey..in medicine.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	burke
释义	Burken. Brit. /bəːk/, U.S. /bərk/ Etymology: < the name of John Burke (1787–1848), compiler of the first edition of the work, issued in 1826. colloquial. A designation of: ‘A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the United Kingdom’. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > lord or lady > [noun] > peer or lord of parliament > book containing list of peerage1766 peerage book1843 Burke1848 1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair li. 451 Her ladyship is of the Kingstreet family, see Debrett and Burke. 1901 F. H. Burnett Making of Marchioness i. iii. 41 ‘If we were not in Debrett and Burke, one might be reserved about such matters,’ poor Lady Claraway wrote. 1966 D. Francis Flying Finish i. 7 Bastard I was not: not with parents joined by bishop with half Debrett and Burke in the pews. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2021). burkev. Brit. /bəːk/, U.S. /bərk/ Etymology: < Burke, the name of a notorious criminal executed at Edinburgh in 1829, for smothering many persons in order to sell their bodies for dissection. 1. transitive. To murder, in the same manner or for the same purpose as Burke did; to kill secretly by suffocation or strangulation, or for the purpose of selling the victim's body for dissection. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > killing for specific reason > kill for specific reason [verb (transitive)] > to obtain body burke1829 1829 Times 2 Feb. 3/5 As soon as the executioner proceeded to his duty, the cries of ‘Burke him, Burke him—give him no rope’..were vociferated..‘Burke Hare too!’ 1830 C. Lamb in Olio 4 251 Positively Burking you, under pretence of cleansing. 1833 T. Hook Parson's Daughter II. i. 26 Perhaps he is Burked, and his body sold for nine pounds. 1840 R. H. Barham Tragedy in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 287 The rest of the rascals jump'd on him and Burk'd him. 2. figurative. To smother, ‘hush up’, suppress quietly. Also, to evade, to shirk, to avoid. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > crush, stifle, or overwhelm (feelings, etc.) shendOE whelvec1000 allayOE ofdrunkenc1175 quenchc1175 quashc1275 stanchc1315 quella1325 slockena1340 drenchc1374 vanquishc1380 stuffa1387 daunt?a1400 adauntc1400 to put downa1425 overwhelmc1425 overwhelvec1450 quatc1450 slockc1485 suppressa1500 suffocate1526 quealc1530 to trample under foot1530 repress1532 quail1533 suppress1537 infringe1543 revocate1547 whelm1553 queasom1561 knetcha1564 squench1577 restinguish1579 to keep down1581 trample1583 repel1592 accable1602 crush1610 to wrestle down?1611 chokea1616 stranglea1616 stifle1621 smother1632 overpower1646 resuppress1654 strangulate1665 instranglea1670 to choke back, down, in, out1690 to nip or crush in the bud1746 spiflicate1749 squasha1777 to get under1799 burke1835 to stamp out1851 to trample down1853 quelch1864 to sit upon ——1864 squelch1864 smash1865 garrotte1878 scotch1888 douse1916 to drive under1920 stomp1936 stultify1958 the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from (action) [verb (transitive)] > avoid or shun > a problem or difficulty hipc1440 illude1553 to give (a person or thing) the go-by1654 slink1658 jump1844 sidestep1899 burke1921 duck1928 bypass1941 1835 J. A. Roebuck Dorchester Labourers 6/1 (note) The reporters left it out... Those who spoke in favour of the poor men, were what the reporters call burked. 1840 T. Hood Up Rhine (ed. 2) Pref. p. vi The Age of Chivalry is Burked by Time. 1848 Ld. G. Bentinck in Croker Papers (1884) III. xxv. 165 [Disraeli's] last speech, altogether burked in the Times, but pretty well given in the ‘Post’. 1860 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem (1861) III. cxxxviii. 111 Permitting a minister to burke the parliamentary conscience. 1880 Oracle & Corr. No. 55 A book suppressed before issue is popularly said to have been burked. 1921 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 3 Apr. 32/1 He had before him a clear issue—and he burked it. 1931 Economist 4 July 25/1 The problem, as it concerns the investor, of the holding company and its accounts is one which it is not wise to burke. 1953 R. Graves Poems 4 Socrates and Plato burked the issue. Derivatives ˈburker n. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > killer for specific reason or type of person > [noun] > to obtain (part of) body skull-hunter1706 headhunter1800 Burkite1830 burker1831 headshrinker1921 1831 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 44 314 We can tell them that there are travelling Burkers in the land. ˈburkism n. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > killing for specific reason > [noun] > to obtain (part of) body headhunting1817 burkism1829 burking1831 medicine murder1952 1829 Westm. Rev. July 163 If the surgeon himself, who may be suspected of Burkism, writes an admirable Treatise of Morbid Anatomy, we will hold him a Bailey..in medicine. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1848v.1829
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