Emily Dickinson Lexicon

BUR'I-AL, n. [ber'rial. See Bury.]

1. The act of burying a deceased person; sepulture; interment; the act of depositing a dead body in the earth, in a tomb or vault, or in the water.
2. The act of placing any thing under earth or water; as, to bury seed in the earth.
3. The church service for funerals. – Johnson.