Bury — Defs

01 n. A borough; a manor; as, the Bury of St. Edmond's

1.
A borough; a manor; as, the Bury of St. Edmond's
2.
A manor house; a castle.[Prov. Eng.]
“To this very day, the chief house of a manor, or the lord's seat, is called bury, in some parts of England.” — Miege.

02 v. t. To cover out of sight, either by heaping something over, or by placing within something, as earth, etc.; to conceal by covering; to hide; a…

imp. & p. p. Buried; p. pr. & vb. n. Burying

1.
To cover out of sight, either by heaping something over, or by placing within something, as earth, etc.; to conceal by covering; to hide; as, to bury coals in ashes; to bury the face in the hands.
“And all their confidence Under the weight of mountains buried deep.” — Milton.
2.
Specifically: To cover out of sight, as the body of a deceased person, in a grave, a tomb, or the ocean; to deposit (a corpse) in its resting place, with funeral ceremonies; to inter; to inhume.
“Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.” — Matt. viii. 21.

“I'll bury thee in a triumphant grave.” — Shak.
3.
To hide in oblivion; to put away finally; to abandon; as, to bury strife.
“Give me a bowl of wine In this I bury all unkindness, Cassius.” — Shak.

Phrases & compounds

Burying beetle — the general name of many species of beetles, of the tribe Necrophaga; the sexton beetle; -- so called from their habit of burying small dead animals by digging away the earth beneath them. The larvæ feed upon decaying flesh, and are useful scavengers.

To bury the hatchet — to lay aside the instruments of war, and make peace; -- a phrase used in allusion to the custom observed by the North American Indians, of burying a tomahawk when they conclude a peace.

Syn. To intomb; inter; inhume; inurn; hide; cover; conceal; overwhelm; repress.