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Webster 1913 Edition

Burrow

Bur′row

,
Noun.
[See 1st
Borough
.]
1.
An incorporated town. See 1st
Borough
.
2.
A shelter; esp. a hole in the ground made by certain animals, as rabbits, for shelter and habitation.
3.
(Mining)
A heap or heaps of rubbish or refuse.
4.
A mound. See 3d
Barrow
, and
Camp
,
Noun.
, 5.

Bur′row

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Burrowed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Burrowing
.]
1.
To excavate a hole to lodge in, as in the earth; to lodge in a hole excavated in the earth, as conies or rabbits.
2.
To lodge, or take refuge, in any deep or concealed place; to hide.
Sir, this vermin of court reporters, when they are forced into day upon one point, are sure to
burrow
in another.
Burke.
Burrowing owl
(Zool.)
,
a small owl of the western part of North America (
Speotyto cunicularia
), which lives in holes, often in company with the prairie dog.

Webster 1828 Edition

Burrow

BUR'ROW

,
Noun.
A different orthography of burgh, borough, which see.

BUR'ROW

,
Noun.
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.

BUR'ROW

,
Verb.
I.
To lodge in a hole excavated in the earth, as coneys or rabbits. In a more general sense, to lodge in any deep or concealed place. The word seems to include the idea of excavating a hole for a lodge, as well as lodging in it; but the verb is not often used transitively, as to burrow the earth.

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