Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for BUR'ROW
BUR'ROW, n. [Sax. byrgen, a sepulcher, byrian, to bury, or beorgan, to keep.]
A hollow place in the earth or in a warren, where small animals lodge, and sometimes deposit their provisions. Some animals excavate the earth, by scratching, and form these lodges.
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